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SC MPJE Practice Test

Unofficial South Carolina pharmacy law practice: each answer names its section of the Pharmacy Practice Act or Title 44.

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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%.
Outline change
NABP says the outline is updated for exams from March 1, 2027.
South Carolina statute
S.C. Code Section 40-43-80(4): an applicant for licensure by examination must have successfully passed the NAPLEX and the MPJE. It names no number.
License transfer
S.C. Code Section 40-43-81 asks the MPJE of license transfer applicants as well.

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Licensure and personnel 26

  • A license has been lapsed for more than three years and the pharmacist has not practiced in another state. Along with 1,000 supervised hours and 60 hours of continuing education, what must the pharmacist pass to reinstate in South Carolina? S.C. Code § 40-43-110(G). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • A pharmacist licensed in another state seeks a South Carolina license by transfer. Besides passing the MPJE, what does Section 40-43-81 require at the end of the list? S.C. Code § 40-43-81(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • A South Carolina license has been lapsed for two years. How much continuing education must the pharmacist show to reinstate it? S.C. Code § 40-43-110(E). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • A South Carolina pharmacist completes more continuing education than the year requires. For how long may the extra hours be carried forward? S.C. Code § 40-43-130(C). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • A South Carolina pharmacist license has not been renewed. From which date is it a lapsed license? S.C. Code § 40-43-110(D). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
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Licensure and personnel, continued

  • A South Carolina pharmacist's license was revoked for disciplinary reasons. May that person register as a pharmacy technician? S.C. Code § 40-43-82(E). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • At least how many of a South Carolina intern's hours must be obtained in a retail or institutional pharmacy? S.C. Code § 40-43-85(D). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • At least how often must the South Carolina Board of Pharmacy meet? S.C. Code § 40-43-50(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • For dispensing to inpatients, what pharmacist to technician employment ratio may a South Carolina institutional pharmacy not exceed? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(B)(4)(c). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • For which period is a South Carolina pharmacy technician registration valid? S.C. Code § 40-43-82(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How early may South Carolina issue an intern certificate to a person accepted by a college of pharmacy? S.C. Code § 40-43-84(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How long is the term of a South Carolina board member who represents a congressional district? S.C. Code § 40-43-40(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many hours of continuing education must a registered pharmacy technician complete each year to renew in South Carolina? S.C. Code § 40-43-130(G). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many hours of continuing education must a South Carolina pharmacist complete each license year for an active license? S.C. Code § 40-43-130(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many hours of practical experience must an applicant for licensure by examination obtain in South Carolina? S.C. Code § 40-43-84(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many interns may one South Carolina pharmacist supervise at any one time? S.C. Code § 40-43-84(C). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many members make up the South Carolina State Board of Pharmacy? S.C. Code § 40-43-40(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • In a South Carolina community pharmacy, how many pharmacy technicians in total may one pharmacist supervise at a time? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(B)(4)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Of the technicians a South Carolina pharmacist supervises at one time, how many may be nonstate-certified? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(B)(4)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • On what date does a South Carolina pharmacist license expire each year? S.C. Code § 40-43-110(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Since July 1, 2004, how many hours must a person have worked as a technician under a licensed pharmacist to become a state-certified pharmacy technician in South Carolina? S.C. Code § 40-43-82(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What constitutes a quorum of the South Carolina Board of Pharmacy? S.C. Code § 40-43-50(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What is the most internship training South Carolina allows per week? S.C. Code § 40-43-85(H). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What may a South Carolina certified pharmacy technician never check? S.C. Code § 40-43-82(C). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What share of a South Carolina pharmacist's required continuing education hours must be in drug therapy or patient management? S.C. Code § 40-43-130(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Which task may a supervising pharmacist authorize a South Carolina state-certified pharmacy technician to perform? S.C. Code § 40-43-82(C). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.

Pharmacist practice 40

  • A medication is returned to a South Carolina pharmacy. When may it be reused or sold again? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(AA). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A South Carolina controlled substance prescription carries preprinted refill instructions that the prescriber has not marked. What does the dispenser do with them? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A South Carolina controlled substance prescription says refill "PRN". How is that read under Section 44-53-360? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A South Carolina pharmacist discovers a significant adverse drug reaction. When must it be reported to the prescriber? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(M). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A South Carolina pharmacist is about to vaccinate a 14-year-old. Who must be present when the vaccine is given? S.C. Code § 40-43-190(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A South Carolina pharmacy technician may give vaccinations under a trained pharmacist's direct supervision. Apart from one exception for earlier federal training, the technician must be S.C. Code § 40-43-190(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A South Carolina practitioner need not review the prescription monitoring program before a Schedule II prescription that does not exceed what supply? S.C. Code § 44-53-1645(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A South Carolina practitioner's agent transmits a prescription drug order to the pharmacy. What must the order include? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(F). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A South Carolina prescription is marked "PRN" for refills. How long after it was originally written may it still be refilled? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(E). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A stranger presents a Schedule IV prescription at a South Carolina pharmacy counter. What must the dispenser require before filling it? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(i). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A written controlled substance prescription is not on a tamper-resistant form. A South Carolina pharmacy may fill it on an emergency basis if a compliant prescription arrives within what time? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(l). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A written South Carolina prescription has two signature lines at the bottom. Which words are printed under the line at the left side? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(H). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A written South Carolina prescription reaches the pharmacy with neither substitution line signed. Under Section 40-43-86(H) the prescription is S.C. Code § 40-43-86(H). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • An adult authorized by the parent, and not the parent, signs the minor's opioid consent form in South Carolina. How much may the prescriber prescribe? S.C. Code § 44-53-363(E). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For the South Carolina opioid supply limit, "acute pain" is pain a practitioner reasonably expects to last how long? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(j). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For which patients does South Carolina not require patient counseling? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(L). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How long must a South Carolina pharmacy keep the vaccination records of a minor? S.C. Code § 40-43-190(D). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How long must a South Carolina pharmacy keep the vaccination records of an adult? S.C. Code § 40-43-190(D). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How many drugs may appear on one preprinted prescription blank in South Carolina? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(E). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How must the counseling discussion take place under Section 40-43-86(L)? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(L). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • In South Carolina, an initial opioid prescription for acute or postoperative pain management generally may not exceed what supply? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(j). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Must a South Carolina dispenser confirm that a paper controlled substance prescription falls under an exception to electronic prescribing? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(k). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • On what must a written prescription for a Schedule II to V controlled substance be written in South Carolina? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(l). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • On which form does a South Carolina prescriber record consent before a minor's first opioid analgesic prescription in a course of treatment? S.C. Code § 44-53-363(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Revealing patient information to unauthorized persons is unprofessional conduct in South Carolina. Which of these is an authorized person under Section 40-43-86(DD)? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(DD). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Section 40-43-86(E) lists the least a South Carolina prescription drug order must contain about the prescriber. Which item is on that list? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(E). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Section 40-43-190(A)(2)(a) lets a South Carolina pharmacist give the influenza vaccine, under the Board of Medical Examiners' protocol, to a person of what age? S.C. Code § 40-43-190(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • South Carolina practitioners must prescribe Schedule II to V drugs electronically. Which prescription does Section 44-53-360(k) exempt? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(k). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • To which pharmacy must an electronically transmitted prescription drug order be sent under South Carolina law? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(F). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • To which registry must a South Carolina pharmacist report vaccinations given under the protocol? S.C. Code § 40-43-190(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Under Section 44-53-361, a South Carolina prescriber offers a prescription for an opioid antidote when the patient's opioid dosage reaches what level? S.C. Code § 44-53-361(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Under the South Carolina protocol, a pharmacist generally may not give a vaccine without a practitioner's order to a person under what age? S.C. Code § 40-43-190(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What does South Carolina law say about preprinted prescriptions for controlled substances? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(f). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What is the largest supply a South Carolina prescription for a Schedule III, IV or V controlled substance may cover? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(e). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What must the patient counseling area of a South Carolina pharmacy be designed to provide? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • When must a South Carolina pharmacist personally offer counseling to the patient or the patient's agent? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(L). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which body issues the written protocol that lets South Carolina pharmacists give vaccines without a practitioner's order? S.C. Code § 40-43-190(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which code does Section 40-43-86 adopt as the code of ethics for pharmacists in South Carolina? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(W). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • With the exception of transdermal patches and surgically implanted delivery systems, a South Carolina Schedule II prescription may not exceed what supply? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(e). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Within how many days of its date of issue must a South Carolina Schedule II prescription be dispensed before it is void? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(e). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.

Dispensing requirements 29

  • A pharmacist licensed only in another state may dispense in the affected South Carolina counties during a state of emergency with identification verifying current licensure and S.C. Code § 40-43-170(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A South Carolina pharmacist cannot reach the prescriber for refill authorization. What emergency refill may be dispensed? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(P). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A South Carolina pharmacist dispenses a nonprescription drug under a practitioner's prescription. How must the drug be treated? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(U). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A South Carolina pharmacist reviewing a prescription recognizes a drug-drug interaction. What does Section 40-43-86(K) require? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(K). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A South Carolina pharmacist substitutes a generic for the prescribed brand. Which explanation appears on the label with both drug names? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(H). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A valid prescription authorizes refills. May a South Carolina pharmacist still decline to refill it? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(E). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • After a State of Emergency refill in South Carolina, within how many days must the pharmacist notify the prescribing physician? S.C. Code § 40-43-170(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • After an emergency refill, how soon must the South Carolina pharmacist notify the prescriber of the refill and its amount? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(P). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • An order gives a drug dependent person controlled substances only to maintain dependence, outside accepted medical treatment. How does Section 44-53-360 treat it? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(h). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • For the prospective drug review, what must a South Carolina pharmacist make a reasonable effort to learn from the patient? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(J). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • The Governor has issued a State of Emergency. What one-time emergency refill may a pharmacist working in the affected South Carolina county dispense? S.C. Code § 40-43-170(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How long must a South Carolina pharmacy keep both the original and the transferred prescription drug order? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(G). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How must a refill transfer be communicated between two South Carolina pharmacies that are not under common ownership and have no contract? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(G). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How often must a South Carolina dispenser submit prescription information to the monitoring program? S.C. Code § 44-53-1640(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • The medication's packaging keeps a South Carolina pharmacist from dispensing only the emergency refill amount. How much may be dispensed instead? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(P). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Outside of what may no South Carolina practitioner dispense a controlled substance? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(c). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Responsibility for proper prescribing of controlled substances is on the practitioner. What does Section 44-53-360 place on the South Carolina pharmacist who fills the prescription? S.C. Code § 44-53-360(h). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • The sale of which nonlegend poison must a South Carolina seller record in a book, with the purchaser's name and the stated purpose? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(Z). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What kind of prescription transfer may a South Carolina certified pharmacy technician conduct when the supervising pharmacist authorizes it? S.C. Code § 40-43-82(C). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What must a South Carolina pharmacy do with outdated, damaged, defaced or unlabeled drugs? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What must the transferring pharmacist in South Carolina do with the refills that remain on the prescription? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(G). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What status does South Carolina give prescription information submitted to the monitoring program? S.C. Code § 44-53-1650(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which item must a South Carolina dispenser submit to the monitoring program for each prescription? S.C. Code § 44-53-1640(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which of these must appear on the label of a drug dispensed to an outpatient in South Carolina? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(I). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which prescription can never get an emergency refill under Section 40-43-86(P)? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(P). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which schedules of controlled substances does the South Carolina prescription monitoring program track? S.C. Code § 44-53-1640(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which word must the receiving pharmacist in South Carolina write on the face of a transferred prescription? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(G). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which words must appear on the immediate container label of a radiopharmaceutical dispensed in South Carolina? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(I). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Who is NOT a "dispenser" for the South Carolina prescription monitoring program? S.C. Code § 44-53-1630(3). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.

Pharmacy operations 25

  • A compounding component arrives at a South Carolina pharmacy with no expiration date. What is the longest expiration date the compounder may assign? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(CC). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A South Carolina permit holder discovers a theft or loss of drugs. Within what time must it be reported to the Board of Pharmacy? S.C. Code § 40-43-91(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A South Carolina pharmacy changes its pharmacist-in-charge. Within what time must the permit holder report the change to the Board of Pharmacy? S.C. Code § 40-43-91(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A South Carolina pharmacy compounds legend drugs in anticipation of prescriptions with no historical basis. How does Section 40-43-86(CC) classify that activity? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(CC). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A South Carolina pharmacy is owned by a corporation. What change of stock ownership voids the permit and requires a new one? S.C. Code § 40-43-90(E). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A South Carolina pharmacy permanently loses dispensing information in an unscheduled system interruption. How soon must the Board of Pharmacy be notified? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(O). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • After a permanent closing, within how many days must a South Carolina permittee return the permit to the board? S.C. Code § 40-43-91(C). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • After an unscheduled interruption of a South Carolina pharmacy's automated system, within what time must enough data be available to reconstruct patient and prescription information? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(O). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • After dispensing a biological product in South Carolina, within how many business days must the pharmacist or a designee make an entry of the specific product for the prescriber? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(H). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • An originating pharmacy stops using a South Carolina central fill pharmacy. For how long may the central fill pharmacy not contact those patients to solicit refills or new prescriptions? S.C. Code § 40-43-195(J). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Authorized personnel remove a drug from a South Carolina institutional pharmacy while no pharmacist is present. How soon must a pharmacist review the removal form? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(B)(6). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Besides the practitioner's authorization, what does substitution of an equivalent drug require in South Carolina? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(H). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • For how long must South Carolina pharmacies keep records of dispensing? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(N). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How far ahead of a new facility's opening date must a South Carolina permit application be submitted? S.C. Code § 40-43-90(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How often must the chief drug inspector or a designee visit and inspect all permitted facilities in South Carolina? S.C. Code § 40-43-60(C). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How often must the consultant pharmacist for a South Carolina institutional facility review each resident's medication record? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(D). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How often must the drugs in a South Carolina institutional night cabinet be inventoried? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(B)(6). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • May a South Carolina pharmacist offer compounded medications to other pharmacies for resale? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(CC). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • On what date does a South Carolina pharmacy permit expire each year? S.C. Code § 40-43-90(C). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Prescription drugs arrive at a South Carolina permitted facility when it is not open for business. When is that delivery lawful? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(Y). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What does a South Carolina pharmacist need in order to serve as pharmacist-in-charge of more than one pharmacy at a time? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(B)(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What sign must a South Carolina pharmacy display when the pharmacy department is closed or the pharmacist is absent? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(A). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Which move requires a South Carolina pharmacy to apply for a new permit? S.C. Code § 40-43-90(E). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Which prescriptions may a South Carolina pharmacy acting as a central fill pharmacy NOT fill? S.C. Code § 40-43-195(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Who must provide and seal the drugs in an emergency kit at a South Carolina institutional facility that has no pharmacy? S.C. Code § 40-43-86(B)(6). 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 2026-10-12): 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 2026-10-12 in the South Carolina Code of Laws on the Legislature's site, scstatehouse.gov: the South Carolina Pharmacy Practice Act, Title 40, Chapter 43 (https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c043.php), and, in Title 44, Chapter 53 (https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php), Section 44-53-360 on controlled substance prescriptions, Sections 44-53-361 and 44-53-363, and the prescription monitoring sections 44-53-1630 to 44-53-1650. Each question names its section. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the South Carolina Code of Laws. Nothing is taken from the MPJE, the Pre-MPJE, NABP's sample items, a prep company or a review book.

How it works

An unofficial SC MPJE practice test: 120 questions on South Carolina pharmacy law, each with its Code section. Not affiliated with the exam's owner, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), or the South Carolina Board of Pharmacy.

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SC MPJE study guide: one Act, section by section

Most questions come from the South Carolina Pharmacy Practice Act, Title 40, Chapter 43 of the Code of Laws. The controlled substance questions come from Section 44-53-360 and the prescription monitoring sections. Both were read on scstatehouse.gov on October 12, 2026 and are weighted as NABP's MPJE Competency Statements weigh the exam.

What is left out

The Board of Pharmacy's own regulations and federal law are not asked here; federal law has the federal pharmacy law page. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • Schedule II: a 31-day supply at most, void 90 days after issue. Schedules III to V: a 90-day supply (Section 44-53-360).
  • One pharmacist supervises four technicians at most, and no more than two who are not state-certified (Section 40-43-86).
  • Emergency refill: up to a 14-day supply, once in twelve months, with notice to the prescriber within ten days.

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the SC MPJE?

NABP's test day page gives 120 computer-based questions in 2.5 hours, picked adaptively and reported as pass or fail. Exam mode here uses the same count and clock.

What is a passing score on the South Carolina MPJE?

The Pharmacy Practice Act asks that an applicant have successfully passed the MPJE and names no number. NABP reports only pass or fail, so a percent on this page is practice, not a result.

Is there a free SC MPJE study guide?

The Act is free to read on scstatehouse.gov under Title 40, Chapter 43. This page asks it back as questions, and every explanation names the section, so a miss sends you to the right paragraph.

Does South Carolina still use the state MPJE?

Yes, when this page was checked. South Carolina was not among the Uniform MPJE jurisdictions NABP listed on October 12, 2026, and Section 40-43-80 still requires the NAPLEX and the MPJE. North Carolina is on that list.

Are these the real SC MPJE questions?

No. The 120 questions are this site's own, written from the public Code of Laws. Nothing is copied from the MPJE, the Pre-MPJE or NABP's sample items, and no South Carolina agency has reviewed the page.

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