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120
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150 minutes
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Computer-based, adaptive, selected-response questions
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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.
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Licensure and personnel 26

  • A pharmacist licensed in another state applies in New York by endorsement. What examination does 8 NYCRR 63.5 require? Answer: An examination on New York's pharmacy laws, rules, regulations and professional conduct. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.5. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • After passing the initial examination, how much internship must a graduate of a nonregistered, nonaccredited pharmacy program (a foreign program, for example) complete? Answer: Not less than 12 months of full-time experience. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.2. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • For how long may a candidate keep credit for a passing score on a required New York pharmacist licensing examination? Answer: Not more than five years. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.3. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • For internship credit under 8 NYCRR 63.2, how many hours a week count as full-time? Answer: 40. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.2. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • For registration periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023, a New York pharmacist's continuing education must include at least three hours in which subject? Answer: Compounding. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.7. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
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  • How do the assistance ratios in 8 NYCRR 29.7(a)(21) treat pharmacy interns? Answer: Interns are exempt from the ratios. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a)(21). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How does 8 NYCRR 63.2 treat the internship requirement for graduates of registered or accredited Doctor of Pharmacy programs? Answer: They are considered to have completed it. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.2. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How long must a New York pharmacist keep records of completed continuing education? Answer: At least six years from the date of completion. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.7. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How long must a pharmacist have practiced before taking on a preceptorship? Answer: At least one year immediately before. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.2. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many continuing education hours must cover the processes and strategies used to reduce medication and prescription errors? Answer: At least three. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.7. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many hours of formal continuing education must a registered New York pharmacist complete in each triennial registration period? Answer: At least 45. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.7. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many interns may one preceptor pharmacist supervise? Answer: Not more than one full-time intern nor more than two part-time interns. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.2. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many licensed pharmacists, at the least, does Education Law section 6804 put on the State Board of Pharmacy? Answer: Nine. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6804. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How may a pharmacy intern's limited permit be renewed? Answer: Once, for a period not to exceed two years. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6806. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How much internship experience must a graduate of a registered or accredited bachelor's program in pharmacy complete before admission to the licensing examination? Answer: At least six months of full-time experience. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.2. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How old must an applicant for a New York pharmacist's license be? Answer: At least 21. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6805. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How old must an applicant for licensure as a registered pharmacy technician be at the time of application? Answer: At least 18. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.15. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • In a pharmacy that trains interns, one intern may be engaged for each how many prescriptions or drug orders dispensed annually? Answer: 5,000. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.2. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Of a New York pharmacist's required continuing education hours, how many may be self-study courses? Answer: No more than 22. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.7. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Under what supervision may a pharmacy intern practice as a pharmacist in New York? Answer: The immediate personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6806. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Under whose supervision may a registered pharmacy technician practice? Answer: The direct personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.14. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What is the most help one pharmacist in a New York pharmacy may obtain at one time under 8 NYCRR 29.7(a)(21)? Answer: Two registered pharmacy technicians or four unlicensed persons, and no more than four individuals in total. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a)(21). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What must every pharmacist on duty wear under Education Law section 6808-a? Answer: A badge designed by the state board, showing name and title. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6808-a. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • When does a limited permit issued to a New York pharmacy intern expire? Answer: Five years from the date of issue. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6806. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Which student may be issued a limited permit as a pharmacy intern under section 6806? Answer: A student enrolled in the last two years of a registered program in pharmacy. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6806. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Which task may an unlicensed person NOT perform in a New York pharmacy? Answer: Receiving oral prescriptions from prescribers. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a)(21). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.

Pharmacist practice 40

  • A generic is unavailable and a medical emergency exists. What must the pharmacist record after dispensing the brand name product at the regular price? Answer: The date, hour and nature of the medical emergency. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A patient asks for a copy of a prescription for a controlled substance. What does section 6810 say? Answer: It shall not be furnished to the patient. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A patient refuses counseling on a new prescription. What does 8 NYCRR 63.6 require? Answer: The refusal is documented in the records of the pharmacy. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b)(8). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A practitioner issues a non-electronic prescription for a controlled substance because an electronic one would delay care and harm the patient. What quantity limit applies? Answer: A five day supply. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A practitioner need not prescribe electronically after certifying that he or she will issue no more than how many prescriptions in a twelve month period? Answer: 25. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A prescriber who neither owns a pharmacy nor works for its owner may, as a rule, dispense no more than what supply of drugs? Answer: A 72-hour supply. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6807. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A prescription's refill instruction reads 'prn'. How many times may the pharmacist refill it? Answer: Once only. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • After a class I recall of a prescription drug, within what time must a pharmacy make a reasonable attempt to notify affected patients? Answer: Within three days. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6811-c. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • After administering an injectable medication for mental health or substance use disorder, by when must the pharmacist notify the prescriber that the administration is complete? Answer: Within five days. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6802. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • After dispensing an emergency insulin refill, by when must the pharmacist notify the prescriber whose authorization could not be obtained? Answer: Within 72 hours. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6801. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • After mailing a prescriber approved alternative drug, what counts as a reasonable effort to reach the patient by telephone? Answer: At least two attempts by 48 hours after mailing or delivering. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b)(8). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • An emergency insulin refill under the non-patient-specific regimen in section 6801 is allowed when the patient's prescription expired within the last how many months? Answer: Twelve. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6801. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • An employee of the prescriber telephones in a prescription for a non-controlled drug, and the pharmacist does not know the employee. What must the pharmacist do? Answer: Make a good faith effort to verify the employee's identity. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • An oral prescription does not say whether substitution is permitted or prohibited. What does section 6816-a provide? Answer: It shall not be filled. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6816-a. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Before administering an immunization, what must a New York pharmacist tell the patient about cost? Answer: The total cost of the immunization, subtracting any health insurance subsidization. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6801. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Besides the signature, what must appear on every prescription written in New York by an authorized prescriber? Answer: The imprinted or stamped printed name of the prescriber who signed. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For which diseases may a New York pharmacist immunize children between the ages of two and eighteen under section 6802? Answer: Influenza and COVID-19. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6802. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For which pharmacies must the counseling telephone number be toll-free for long distance calls? Answer: Pharmacies engaged primarily in the mail order delivery of prescriptions. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b)(8). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How does a prescriber block generic substitution on a written New York prescription? Answer: By writing d a w in the box, in the prescriber's own handwriting. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How large is the d a w box on a New York prescription form? Answer: Three-quarters inch long and one-half inch high. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How long must patient medication profiles be kept in retrievable form? Answer: Five years following the most recent entry. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How many drugs may be ordered on one New York prescription form? Answer: One. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How many languages other than English, at most, count as 'pharmacy primary languages' under 8 NYCRR 63.11? Answer: Seven. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.11. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How often, at a minimum, must a returning patient receive the self-screening risk assessment questionnaire before a pharmacist dispenses self-administered hormonal contraceptives? Answer: Every twelve months. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6801. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • In collaborative drug therapy management, whose judgment prevails if the treating physician disagrees with the pharmacist? Answer: The treating physician's. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6801-a. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • On a refill of an existing prescription, who may convey the offer of counseling on the pharmacist's behalf? Answer: An unlicensed assistant. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b)(8). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • To whom must a pharmacist report an immunization by electronic transmission or facsimile? Answer: The patient's attending primary health care practitioner, if any. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6801. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Under a non-patient specific order, how much HIV post-exposure prophylaxis may a New York pharmacist dispense? Answer: Up to a seven day supply. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.13. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Unless the patient opts out, by when must the pharmacist notify the patient's primary health care practitioner that a hormonal contraceptive was dispensed? Answer: Within seventy-two hours. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6801. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What consent does collaborative drug therapy management require in New York? Answer: Written consent of the patient or the patient's authorized representative. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6801-a. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What does section 6810 require before a pharmacy delivers a new or refilled prescription off premises? Answer: The consent of the patient or an individual authorized to consent. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What is the most insulin a pharmacist may dispense under the emergency regimen in section 6801? Answer: A thirty-day emergency supply. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6801. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What must accompany each prescription delivered off the premises of a New York pharmacy, such as by mail? Answer: A written offer to counsel, with a telephone number for reaching a pharmacist or intern. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b)(8). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • When must a pharmacist or pharmacy intern conduct a prospective drug review? Answer: Before each prescription is dispensed or delivered. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • When must a pharmacist or pharmacy intern personally counsel a patient who presents a prescription at a New York pharmacy? Answer: Before dispensing for a new patient, a new medication, or a change in dose, strength, route or directions. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b)(8). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • When the conditions of section 6816-a are met, what must the pharmacist do? Answer: Substitute a less expensive drug product with the same active ingredients, dosage form and strength. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6816-a. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which prescriber is exempt from the 72-hour dispensing limit in section 6807? Answer: One whose practice is ten miles or more from a registered pharmacy. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6807. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which prescriptions are excepted from New York's electronic prescribing requirement in section 6810? Answer: Those issued by veterinarians. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Who may counsel a patient under 8 NYCRR 63.6(b)(8)? Answer: Only a pharmacist or a pharmacy intern. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b)(8). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Within what time must a pharmacist tell the prescriber which biological product was dispensed after a substitution? Answer: Within five business days. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6816-a. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.

Dispensing requirements 29

  • A drug's expiration date is given as a month and year. On what day does it expire? Answer: The last day of the month indicated. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A generic product is dispensed. What must be written on the prescription and on the label? Answer: The name of the manufacturer, and of the distributor if different. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A patient brings a dispensed prescription back to a community pharmacy. What does 8 NYCRR 29.7 say about placing it in stock? Answer: It is unprofessional conduct. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A pharmacy intern dispenses a prescription. Whose signature or initials must it bear? Answer: Both the intern's and the supervising pharmacist's. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A written prescription lacks the patient's age. What may the pharmacist do under 8 NYCRR 29.7? Answer: Record it on the prescription. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Besides the prescription information, what must the written or electronic record of an oral prescription include? Answer: The signature or readily identifiable initials of the person who received it. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • For how long from the most recent filling must an electronic prescription, or its hard copy, be kept at the pharmacy? Answer: Five years. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(a)(7). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How does section 6802 define 'poison'? Answer: A drug, chemical or preparation likely to be destructive to adult human life in a quantity of sixty grains or less. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6802. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How long is the record of a transferred prescription kept? Answer: Five years from the date of filling. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How long must records of all prescriptions filled or refilled be kept in New York? Answer: At least five years. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How long must the poison register for Schedule A poisons be preserved after the last entry? Answer: At least five years. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6821. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How must original prescription information be transferred between pharmacies? Answer: Directly from one pharmacist to another pharmacist. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How must prescriptions be numbered under 8 NYCRR 29.7? Answer: Consecutively. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How must the directions for use be written on a New York prescription label? Answer: In full sentences. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.12. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • In what ink must the word 'poison' and the seller's name be printed on a retail package of a Schedule A or B poison? Answer: Red. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6821. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What does 8 NYCRR 29.7 say about controlled substances in customized patient medication packages? Answer: They shall not be dispensed in them. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What does 8 NYCRR 63.6 require of an original hard copy prescription sent to the pharmacist by facsimile? Answer: It must be manually signed. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(a)(7). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What is the longest expiration date allowed for a customized patient medication package in New York? Answer: 60 days from the date of preparation. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What is the minimum font size for the critical elements of a prescription label? Answer: 12-point. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.12. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What must a registered nonresident pharmacy place on a label affixed to each drug or device container? Answer: Its toll-free telephone number. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6808-b. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What must the transferring pharmacist do with the prescription on file? Answer: Invalidate it as of the date of the transfer. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What protection must an electronic prescription have under 8 NYCRR 63.6? Answer: Electronic encryption. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(a)(7). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • When a prescription is refilled, which date goes on the label? Answer: The date of the refill. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • When may a drug be dispensed in a container that is not child-resistant? Answer: When either the prescriber or the patient requests otherwise. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • When may a prescription be refilled under section 6810? Answer: Only if it indicates on its face the number of times it may be refilled. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which item must the label on a dispensed prescription drug bear under section 6810? Answer: The name and address of the patient. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which of these is a 'critical element' of a New York prescription label under 8 NYCRR 63.12? Answer: Patient name. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.12. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which word must appear in the record of a prescription that a New York pharmacist accepts from another pharmacy? Answer: Transfer. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Whose name and address must appear on the prescription label under section 6810? Answer: The owner of the establishment in which it was dispensed. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.

Pharmacy operations 25

  • A corporation holds a pharmacy registration. Within what time must the State Board of Pharmacy be told of a change in its officers? Answer: 30 days. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A pharmacy is discontinued. To whom may its prescription records NOT be sold or given? Answer: A person who does not currently possess a registration to operate a pharmacy. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6812. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Drugs repacked by a pharmacy for in-house use carry what expiration date? Answer: 12 months, or 50 percent of the time left to the manufacturer's date, whichever is less. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • For how many hours a week, at least, must a nonresident pharmacy's toll-free telephone number be available? Answer: 40. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6808-b. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How far ahead must a retail pharmacy give public notice of its permanent discontinuance? Answer: At least thirty days. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6811-d. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How far ahead must notice of a sale of drugs at auction be filed with the State Board of Pharmacy? Answer: At least seven days. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How far ahead of a move must an application to endorse a registration to a new address be made? Answer: Not less than 30 days. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How high must the permanent partition around a pharmacy department in a general merchandising establishment be? Answer: At least nine feet six inches. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b)(5). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How long must manufacturers, outsourcing facilities and wholesalers keep records of the receipt and disposition of drugs? Answer: Five years. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(c). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How many hours a week make a supervising pharmacist 'full-time' under 8 NYCRR 29.7? Answer: 30 or more. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How often must an outsourcing facility report the drugs it compounded to the executive secretary of the state board of pharmacy? Answer: Every six months. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6808. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How sensitive must a New York pharmacy's weighing device be? Answer: Sensitive to 6 mg. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How tall must the letters be on the sign that announces the drug retail price list? Answer: At least one inch. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Of how many pharmacies may one pharmacist have personal supervision at the same time? Answer: One. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6808. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Two pharmacies under different owners wish to share pharmacy services. What does section 6809 require of them? Answer: A written contract or agreement and a common electronic file or technology. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6809. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What consent must a pharmacy obtain before filling a patient's prescriptions through shared pharmacy services? Answer: An initial onetime consent, in writing or electronically. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6809. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What is the minimum registered area of a New York pharmacy? Answer: 300 square feet. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What may be stored in the pharmacy's required refrigerator? Answer: Drugs only. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What storage temperature must the pharmacy refrigerator provide at all times? Answer: 2 to 8 degrees Centigrade. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • When may an outsourcing facility dispense a drug to a person pursuant to a prescription? Answer: Only if it is also registered as a pharmacy in New York. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6810. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • When must a New York pharmacy be under the immediate supervision and management of a licensed pharmacist? Answer: At all hours when open. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6808. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Within the registered area, how large must the manufacturing, compounding and dispensing area be? Answer: Not less than 100 square feet. Source: 8 NYCRR 63.6(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Within what time must a pharmacy in shared pharmacy services tell the department in writing of disciplinary action by another state's regulatory agency? Answer: Thirty days. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6809. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Within what time must the board be notified when a registered pharmacy is damaged by fire? Answer: 48 hours. Source: N.Y. Educ. Law § 6812. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Within what time must the State Board of Pharmacy be notified of a change in the identity of a registered establishment's supervising pharmacist? Answer: Seven days. Source: 8 NYCRR 29.7(a). 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 120 questions are 26, 40, 29 and 25. Every fact was read on 2026-10-14 in three texts the New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, publishes and names on its page "What should I study to prepare for the MPJE for New York State?" (https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/pharmacist/license-requirements/mpje-requirements): Education Law Article 137, Pharmacy, sections 6800 to 6825 (https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/pharmacist/laws-rules-regulations/article-137); Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, Part 63, Pharmacy (https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/pharmacist/laws-rules-regulations/part-63); and Rules of the Board of Regents, Part 29, section 29.7 (https://www.op.nysed.gov/title8/rules-board-regents/part-29). Each question names its section. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the New York statute, regulations and rules. 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 NYS MPJE study guide is 120 practice questions of our own on New York pharmacy law. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) owns the MPJE; neither NABP nor the New York State Education Department is affiliated with this page.

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What the State says to study

The Education Department's page "What should I study to prepare for the MPJE for New York State?" lists the laws. Three of them stand behind these questions, each read October 14, 2026 on op.nysed.gov: Education Law Article 137, Part 63 of the Commissioner's Regulations, and Regents Rule 29.7. The four topic groups carry the weights of NABP's published MPJE Competency Statements.

A New York pharmacy law study guide, in part

Practice for an exam, not medical advice. The State's list also names Public Health Law Article 33 and 10 NYCRR Part 80 on controlled substances. They were not read for this bank, so nothing is asked from them. Federal law is on the federal pharmacy law page.

  • A prescriber blocks substitution only by writing d a w in the box, in the prescriber's own handwriting (Education Law § 6810).
  • One pharmacist may be helped by two registered pharmacy technicians or four unlicensed persons, four people at most (8 NYCRR 29.7).
  • Prescription records, transferred prescriptions and patient medication profiles are each kept five years (§ 6810; 8 NYCRR 63.6).

Questions and answers

Is there a free NY MPJE study guide?

Yes. The Education Department's page "What should I study to prepare for the MPJE for New York State?" lists each law and links the State's own texts at no cost. Here three of those texts become 120 questions, each naming the section to reread.

How many questions are on the New York MPJE?

NABP's test day page gives 120 computer-based questions in 2.5 hours. The exam adapts to your answers, is reported as pass or fail, and allows 5 attempts per jurisdiction.

What does the NYS pharmacy law study guide cover?

The State's list includes Education Law Articles 130 and 137, Regents Rules Parts 17, 28 and 29, Commissioner's Regulations Parts 59 and 63, Public Health Law Article 33, 10 NYCRR Part 80 and federal law. This page asks Article 137, Part 63 and Rule 29.7.

Does New York use the Uniform MPJE?

New York was not among the Uniform MPJE jurisdictions NABP listed on October 14, 2026. The Education Department's license requirements name two examinations, the NAPLEX and the MPJE, both to be passed within 5 years.

Are these real New York MPJE questions?

No. All 120 were written for this site from the public text of the Education Law, the Commissioner's Regulations and the Regents Rules. None is taken from the MPJE, the Pre-MPJE or NABP's sample items, and no New York agency has reviewed them.

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