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New Mexico State Pharmacy Law Study Guide

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A candidate fails the MPJE for New Mexico. How long must the candidate wait before retaking it?

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Questions
120
Time limit
150 minutes
Retakes
5 attempts per jurisdiction
Format
Computer-based, adaptive, selected-response questions
Result
Reported as pass or fail
Outline
Four areas: licensure and personnel 22%, pharmacist practice 33%, dispensing requirements 24%, pharmacy operations 21%. A new outline starts March 1, 2027.
New Mexico rule
16.19.2.9 NMAC: no more than four consecutive attempts without passing, within three years of the first, and at least 30 days between MPJE attempts.

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Licensure and personnel 13

  • A candidate fails the MPJE for New Mexico. How long must the candidate wait before retaking it? Answer: At least 30 days. Source: 16.19.2.9 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • A reciprocity applicant does not take the MPJE within one year after the New Mexico board receives the application. What follows? Answer: The application is nullified and the fees are not refunded. Source: 16.19.3.11 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • An audited New Mexico pharmacist has no documentation of the required continuing education. Besides making up the hours, what fine applies? Answer: Not less than $1,000. Source: 16.19.4.10 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • An intern works 60 hours in one week. How many of those hours count as computed time toward the internship requirement? Answer: A maximum of 48 hours. Source: 16.19.5.7 NMAC; 16.19.5.8 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • For how long must a pharmacist have been actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy before serving as a preceptor? Answer: One year. Source: 16.19.5.8 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
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  • How many consecutive times may a candidate take the MPJE for New Mexico without passing? Answer: No more than four. Source: 16.19.2.9 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many contact hours of each renewal period must a New Mexico pharmacist earn in pharmacy law offered by the board? Answer: Two contact hours. Source: 16.19.4.10 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many hours make up the internship training period for a student in the doctor of pharmacy program in New Mexico? Answer: 1,500 hours. Source: 16.19.5.7 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How soon after registering with the board must a New Mexico pharmacy technician obtain board approved certification? Answer: Within one year. Source: 16.19.22.9 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Of the 30 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education due every two years, how many must come from live programs, not counting the law requirement? Answer: 10 contact hours. Source: 16.19.4.10 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What ratio of pharmacy technicians to pharmacists on duty does 16.19.22.10 NMAC permit? Answer: The ratio the pharmacist in charge determines. Source: 16.19.22.10 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Which duty does 16.19.4.16 NMAC reserve to a pharmacist alone, so that a pharmacist intern may not perform it? Answer: The final check on all aspects of the completed prescription. Source: 16.19.4.16 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Within how many days must a New Mexico registrant or licensee report a change of address or employment to the board in writing? Answer: 10 days. Source: 16.19.4.13 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.

Pharmacist practice 20

  • A New Mexico pharmacy runs a board approved take-back collection unit. Which item is on the list of things not accepted? Answer: Needles. Source: 16.19.6.15 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A patient picks up a refill. What may a pharmacy technician do about counseling under 16.19.4.16 NMAC? Answer: Ask the patient or agent about counseling by the pharmacist or intern. Source: 16.19.4.16 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A patient tells the pharmacist over the counter what a practitioner prescribed, with no signed written prescription. What is its status under 16.19.6.23 NMAC? Answer: It has no legal status as a valid prescription. Source: 16.19.6.23 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A pharmacist retrieves a prescription that an authorized practitioner left on the pharmacy voice recording device. How does 16.19.6.23 NMAC treat it? Answer: As a direct transmission of a prescription order. Source: 16.19.6.23 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A pharmacy delivers more than fifty percent of its prescriptions by mail or common carrier. For how many hours a week must a pharmacist be available for counseling by toll-free telephone? Answer: A minimum of 60 hours. Source: 16.19.4.16 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A practitioner prints a computer-generated prescription for a controlled substance, in a case where a paper prescription is allowed. What does 16.19.20.42 NMAC require? Answer: It must be manually signed by the practitioner. Source: 16.19.20.42 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A practitioner telephones a new therapy for an opiate in schedule III, IV or V. Without a written prescription on file, what supply may the order not exceed? Answer: A 10 day supply. Source: 16.19.20.42 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A schedule II drug is dispensed on an emergency oral authorization. Within what time must the prescriber furnish the written, signed prescription? Answer: Within seven days. Source: 16.19.20.47 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • After what time from the date of issue may a New Mexico prescription for any controlled substance, schedule II included, no longer be filled? Answer: Six months. Source: 16.19.20.45 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For an established patient in continuous opioid use, how often at the least must a New Mexico pharmacist review PMP reports? Answer: Once every three months. Source: 16.19.4.16 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For how long from the date of its last entry must a New Mexico pharmacy keep a patient record? Answer: Not less than three years. Source: 16.19.4.16 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For how long must a New Mexico pharmacy keep the record of informed consent for a vaccine prescribed by a pharmacist? Answer: At least three years. Source: 16.19.26.9 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • The prescriber does not deliver the signed prescription after an emergency schedule II dispensing. Whom must the pharmacist notify? Answer: The nearest DEA office and the board of pharmacy. Source: 16.19.20.47 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Since April 1, 2021 controlled substance prescriptions in New Mexico must be transmitted electronically. Which one is among the listed exceptions? Answer: One for a patient enrolled in hospice. Source: 16.19.20.42 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • When 16.19.4.16 NMAC requires a pharmacist to request and review a PMP report before dispensing an opioid, what period must the report cover? Answer: At least a one year time period. Source: 16.19.4.16 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • When a new prescription drug order is received in a New Mexico pharmacy, who must personally offer to counsel the patient? Answer: A pharmacist or pharmacist intern. Source: 16.19.4.16 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which item does 16.19.6.23 NMAC say every prescription record contains "preferably", not as a fixed requirement? Answer: The diagnosis or indication. Source: 16.19.6.23 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which opioid prescription is exempt from the PMP report subsection of 16.19.4.16 NMAC? Answer: One for a patient in a long term care facility. Source: 16.19.4.16 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • With the patient's signed consent, within how many days of dispensing naloxone under prescriptive authority must the pharmacist notify the patient's designated physician or primary care provider? Answer: 15 days. Source: 16.19.26.12 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Without the patient's written consent or a court order, to whom may confidential information in the patient record be released under 16.19.6.23 NMAC? Answer: The prescriber or another practitioner caring for the patient. Source: 16.19.6.23 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.

Dispensing requirements 14

  • A compounded prescription contains more than three drugs. How may its dispensing label identify the contents? Answer: As "Compound", if the pharmacist or prescribing physician so chooses. Source: 16.19.6.18 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A controlled substance prescription is dispensed directly to the patient. Unless the practitioner authorizes it, how much of the days' supply must pass before a refill? Answer: Seventy-five percent. Source: 16.19.20.45 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A dispenser learns that a prescription record it sent to the New Mexico PMP held incorrect information. How soon must the correction be submitted? Answer: Within five business days. Source: 16.19.29.8 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A mail order pharmacy delivers a 90 day supply of a controlled substance. Unless the practitioner authorizes it, when is the earliest refill? Answer: After sixty-six percent of the supply has passed. Source: 16.19.20.45 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A pharmacy without computerized records files schedule III to V prescriptions with other prescriptions. How are they made readily retrievable? Answer: A red "C" at least one inch high is stamped in the lower right corner. Source: 16.19.20.31 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A schedule II prescription for a long term care facility patient is filled in partial quantities. What must the pharmacist record on the prescription? Answer: Whether the patient is "terminally ill" or an "LTCF patient". Source: 16.19.20.46 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A schedule II prescription is partially filled. By when must the remaining portions be filled under 16.19.20.46 NMAC, subsection A? Answer: Not later than 30 days after the date of issue. Source: 16.19.20.46 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Another pharmacy, acting for a patient, asks for the original information of a non-controlled prescription. What does 16.19.6.23 NMAC say? Answer: The pharmacy may not refuse, and the transfer must be timely. Source: 16.19.6.23 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How much of a schedule V product containing opium may be dispensed without a prescription to the same person in a 48-hour period? Answer: Not more than eight ounces. Source: 16.19.20.53 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How soon after a schedule II to V prescription is filled must a New Mexico dispenser report it to the prescription monitoring program? Answer: Within one business day. Source: 16.19.29.8 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • To whom does 16.19.6.18 NMAC restrict the act of labeling a drug dispensed on the order of a practitioner? Answer: Registered pharmacists and registered pharmacist interns. Source: 16.19.6.18 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Unless on a valid prescription, how much pseudoephedrine may one person acquire in New Mexico within a 30-day period? Answer: No more than 9 grams. Source: 16.19.20.53 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What does 16.19.20.42 NMAC say about the date on a controlled substance prescription? Answer: It is dated as of, and signed on, the day when issued. Source: 16.19.20.42 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What is the youngest age at which a person may buy a schedule V product from a New Mexico pharmacist without a prescription? Answer: 18. Source: 16.19.20.53 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.

Pharmacy operations 13

  • A New Mexico pharmacy is closing for good. How long before the final day of service must it notify the public and the board? Answer: At least 30 days. Source: 16.19.6.13 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A New Mexico pharmacy is hit by a burglary in which dangerous drugs might be missing. What must the owner do? Answer: Immediately file a signed statement of the circumstances with the board. Source: 16.19.6.16 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A New Mexico pharmacy keeps electronic prescriptions as its permanent record. For how long must the data be maintained in the original format received? Answer: 10 years. Source: 16.19.6.22 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A new pharmacist-in-charge takes over a New Mexico pharmacy. Within what time must an inventory of all controlled substances be taken? Answer: Within 72 hours. Source: 16.19.20.20 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A pharmacy scans paper prescriptions into an electronic archive. For how long from the first dispensing must the original paper for a non-controlled drug stay on the licensed premises? Answer: 120 days. Source: 16.19.6.22 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • At inventory, an opened commercial container of a schedule IV drug holds about 300 tablets. What count does 16.19.20.20 NMAC accept? Answer: An estimated count or measure of the contents. Source: 16.19.20.20 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • For a pharmacy owned by a corporation, what change in voting stock counts as a transfer of ownership that needs a new license application? Answer: A change of thirty percent or more. Source: 16.19.6.20 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How much unobstructed compounding and dispensing counter space must there be for one pharmacist on duty? Answer: A minimum of 16 square feet. Source: 16.19.6.10 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Unless a registrant notifies the board of a set alternate date, what is the annual controlled substance inventory date in New Mexico? Answer: May 1. Source: 16.19.20.20 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What is the smallest undivided restricted area a New Mexico prescription department may occupy without a board exception? Answer: 240 square feet. Source: 16.19.6.10 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What must the pharmacist-in-charge submit with the pharmacy renewal application under 16.19.6.9 NMAC? Answer: The signed and dated self-assessment inspection form. Source: 16.19.6.9 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Which of these must be in the vicinity of the prescription department, in full view of patrons, under 16.19.6.13 NMAC? Answer: The current board of pharmacy inspection report. Source: 16.19.6.13 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Within how many days of becoming aware of a significant loss of a controlled substance must it be reported to the New Mexico board? Answer: Five days. Source: 16.19.20.36 NMAC. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the four areas of the MPJE Competency Statements that the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy publishes at https://nabp.pharmacy/programs/examinations/mpje/competency-statements/ (opened 2026-10-14): Area 1 Licensure/Personnel 22%, Area 2 Pharmacist Practice 33%, Area 3 Dispensing Requirements 24%, Area 4 Pharmacy Operations 21%. The 60 questions are 13, 20, 14 and 13. Every fact was read on 2026-10-14 in the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy's rules, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 16, Chapter 19, as the State Records Center and Archives publishes them at https://www.srca.nm.gov/: Parts 2 (examinations), 3 (reciprocity), 4 (pharmacist), 5 (internship), 6 (pharmacies), 20 (controlled substances), 22 (pharmacy technicians), 26 (pharmacist prescriptive authority) and 29 (prescription monitoring program). Each question names its section. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the New Mexico Administrative Code. Nothing is taken from the MPJE, the Pre-MPJE, NABP's sample items, a prep company or a review book.

How it works

This unofficial New Mexico state pharmacy law study guide is 60 practice questions on Board of Pharmacy rules. It is not affiliated with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), which owns the MPJE, or the New Mexico board.

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A New Mexico MPJE study guide in question form

Every question was written from the Board's rules, Title 16, Chapter 19 of the New Mexico Administrative Code, read October 14, 2026 on the State Records Center and Archives site: Parts 2 to 6, 20, 22, 26 and 29. The split across four areas follows NABP's published MPJE Competency Statements. Rule 16.19.2.8 NMAC asks applicants for licensure by examination to pass the MPJE.

Board rules only

Practice for an exam, not medical advice. The statutes behind the rules (the Pharmacy Act, the Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act and the Controlled Substances Act) were not read for this bank, and federal questions sit on the federal pharmacy law page. New Mexico was not among the Uniform MPJE jurisdictions NABP listed on October 14, 2026.

  • Controlled substance refills: not before 75 percent of the days' supply when dispensed directly; 66 percent of a 90 day mail order supply (16.19.20.45 NMAC).
  • The annual controlled substance inventory is May 1, within four days either side; a new pharmacist-in-charge inventories within 72 hours (16.19.20.20 NMAC).
  • PMP: report each fill within one business day, and review reports at least every three months during continuous opioid use.

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the New Mexico MPJE?

120 computer-based questions in 2.5 hours, delivered adaptively, by NABP's test day page. The timed run here is half that length at the same pace: 60 questions in 75 minutes.

What score do you need to pass the MPJE in New Mexico?

Rule 16.19.2.8 NMAC names no number: candidates must achieve a score of passing as set by NABP. NABP reports the result as pass or fail, so this page shows a percent and no verdict.

How many times can you take the MPJE in New Mexico?

Rule 16.19.2.9 NMAC: no more than four consecutive times without passing, within three years of the first attempt, with at least 30 days between attempts. An unfinished examination counts as an attempt.

Is there a free New Mexico pharmacy law study guide?

The law itself is free. The State Records Center and Archives posts every part of 16.19 NMAC, the Board of Pharmacy rules. This page turns nine of those parts into questions, each naming the section to reread.

Are these real New Mexico MPJE questions?

No. All 60 were written for this site from the public text of the New Mexico Administrative Code. None is taken from the MPJE, the Pre-MPJE or NABP's sample items, and no New Mexico agency has reviewed them.

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