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South Dakota MPJE Practice Test

Unofficial South Dakota pharmacy law practice, with the statute section or Board of Pharmacy rule on every answer.

Besides all delinquent fees, what late fee does a pharmacist pay to reinstate an expired South Dakota license?

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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.
South Dakota rule
ARSD 20:51:01:04 and 20:51:04:03: complete the MPJE, South Dakota edition, with a total scaled score of not less than 75.

Checked October 14, 2026 against NABP, MPJE/UMPJE Test Day Information. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

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Licensure and personnel 26

  • An applicant transfers a NAPLEX score to South Dakota. Within what time must the applicant pass the jurisprudence examination, South Dakota edition? ARSD 20:51:01:11. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Besides all delinquent fees, what late fee does a pharmacist pay to reinstate an expired South Dakota license? SDCL 36-11-23. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Besides its professional members, who must sit on the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy? SDCL 36-11-4.1. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • By what date each year must a South Dakota pharmacist renew the license? SDCL 36-11-23. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • For how long must a South Dakota pharmacist keep his or her own continuing education records? ARSD 20:51:19:05. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How is a South Dakota pharmacist license granted by reciprocity identified? ARSD 20:51:04:08. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How is the continuing education requirement worked out for a newly licensed South Dakota pharmacist? ARSD 20:51:19:07. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
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Licensure and personnel, continued

  • How long is a professional member's term on the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy? SDCL 36-11-4. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many hours of approved continuing education must a South Dakota pharmacist complete to renew? ARSD 20:51:19:03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many hours of practical experience must an applicant for a South Dakota pharmacist license by examination complete? ARSD 20:51:02:12.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many internship hours must a graduate of a foreign school of pharmacy obtain before receiving a South Dakota pharmacist license? ARSD 20:51:02:13.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many members of the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy make a quorum? SDCL 36-11-5. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many pharmacy interns may one South Dakota pharmacist supervise at one time in the pharmacy? ARSD 20:51:02:11.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many professional members sit on the South Dakota State Board of Pharmacy? SDCL 36-11-4. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • In which South Dakota pharmacies does the pharmacist-in-charge, not a fixed number, set the ratio of technicians to pharmacists? ARSD 20:51:29:19.02. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • On what date does a South Dakota pharmacy technician registration expire each year? ARSD 20:51:29:13. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Outside the excepted pharmacy types, how many registered pharmacy technicians may be on duty for every pharmacist on duty in South Dakota? ARSD 20:51:29:19. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Under South Dakota's discipline statute, the board may suspend a pharmacist's license until the pharmacist completes what? SDCL 36-11-26. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What is the minimum age for an initial South Dakota pharmacy technician registration? ARSD 20:51:29:03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What total scaled score does South Dakota require on the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination, South Dakota edition? ARSD 20:51:01:04. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • When must a South Dakota pharmacist-in-charge tell the board that his or her employment at the pharmacy has ended? ARSD 20:51:06:02.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Which of these lets South Dakota's health professionals assistance program deny an applicant admission? SDCL 36-2A-8. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Which participant's health professionals assistance program records may a South Dakota licensing board see? SDCL 36-2A-12. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Which task may a South Dakota registered pharmacy technician not perform? ARSD 20:51:29:22. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Within how many days must a registered pharmacy technician report a change of name, address or pharmacy employment status to the South Dakota board? ARSD 20:51:29:15. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Within how many days of accepting employment in a South Dakota pharmacy must a pharmacy technician apply for registration? ARSD 20:51:29:03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.

Pharmacist practice 40

  • A first-time prescription is mailed to a South Dakota patient. How must the pharmacist initiate counseling? ARSD 20:51:25:04. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A practitioner fails to deliver the written prescription after an emergency oral Schedule II order. Whom must the South Dakota pharmacist notify? ARSD 44:58:08:13. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A prescriber faxes a Schedule II prescription for a resident of a long-term care facility to a South Dakota pharmacy. How is the fax treated? ARSD 44:58:08:18.03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A prescriber renews a prescription that has no refills left. How does a South Dakota pharmacy treat the renewal? ARSD 20:51:05:15.03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A prescription drug is dispensed to a South Dakota patient for the first time. What does the counseling standard require? ARSD 20:51:25:04. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A South Dakota pharmacist merely initials and dates a Schedule III prescription when refilling it. What is assumed? ARSD 44:58:08:17. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A South Dakota practitioner writes a controlled substance prescription to stock the office for general dispensing to patients. Is it allowed? ARSD 44:58:08:03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • After an emergency oral Schedule II authorization in South Dakota, within how long must the practitioner supply the pharmacy with a written prescription? ARSD 44:58:08:13. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • After how long from its original date may a South Dakota prescription for a noncontrolled legend drug no longer be filled or refilled? ARSD 20:51:05:15.03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Besides a South Dakota license and an approved training program, what must a pharmacist hold to be authorized to administer immunizations? ARSD 20:51:28:02. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For a South Dakota refill with no change in dosage, form, strength or directions, which is an accepted way to offer counseling? ARSD 20:51:25:04. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For how long must a South Dakota pharmacy keep the records of immunizations its pharmacists administer? ARSD 20:51:28:05. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For which of these does South Dakota's counseling statute not require a pharmacist to provide patient counseling? SDCL 36-11-68. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For whose use may a South Dakota practitioner never issue a controlled substance prescription? ARSD 44:58:08:05. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • From which settings may unused unit dose drugs be returned to the South Dakota pharmacy that dispensed them for credit and redispensing? ARSD 20:51:13:02.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How long after its date of issuance may a Schedule II prescription still be filled in South Dakota? ARSD 20:51:05:15.03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How many times may a returned drug in the manufacturer's unit dose package be redispensed in South Dakota, if the package's integrity is maintained? ARSD 20:51:13:02.03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How much immunization-related continuing education must a South Dakota pharmacist attest to when renewing the authorization to administer immunizations? ARSD 20:51:28:07. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How much of a Schedule II drug may a South Dakota pharmacist dispense on a practitioner's emergency oral authorization? ARSD 44:58:08:13. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How must a South Dakota pharmacy technician who administers immunizations be supervised? ARSD 20:51:28:02.02. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How often may a Schedule III or IV prescription be refilled in South Dakota when the prescriber authorizes refills? ARSD 20:51:05:15.03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • In South Dakota, may a controlled substance be prescribed to a drug dependent person for the purpose of continuing the dependency? ARSD 44:58:08:04. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • On what authority may an authorized South Dakota pharmacist administer immunizations? ARSD 20:51:28:01.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • On what basis may a South Dakota pharmacist initiate or modify drug therapy? SDCL 36-11-19.1. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • To be valid in South Dakota, a handwritten or faxed prescription must be what? ARSD 20:51:05:15.02. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Under South Dakota's counseling rules, what does the absence of a counseling record signify? ARSD 20:51:25:06. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Under South Dakota's drug control rules, when must a prescription for a controlled substance be dated and signed? ARSD 44:58:08:05. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What does South Dakota's statutory definition of the practice of pharmacy expressly not authorize? SDCL 36-11-2.2. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What must a South Dakota prescription for a controlled drug carry that other prescriptions need not? ARSD 20:51:05:15. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What must an alternative form of patient information, such as a leaflet, tell a South Dakota patient or caregiver? ARSD 20:51:25:05. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What notation goes on the face of a faxed Schedule II prescription for a hospice patient in South Dakota? ARSD 44:58:08:18.03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which of these does South Dakota's drug control article name as an "individual practitioner" for controlled substances? ARSD 44:58:01:01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which patient details must every prescription contain under South Dakota's Board of Pharmacy rules? ARSD 20:51:05:15. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which three facts must a South Dakota pharmacy record for each refill of a prescription? ARSD 20:51:05:15.03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which three South Dakota boards each appoint two members to the committee that approves the pharmacy board's drug administration standards? SDCL 36-11-19.1. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which unit dose drugs may never be returned from a South Dakota nursing facility for credit and redispensing? ARSD 20:51:13:02.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which words must appear on the face of the written prescription that follows an emergency oral Schedule II order in South Dakota? ARSD 44:58:08:13. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Who must promptly reduce a verbal prescription to a written or electronic record in a South Dakota pharmacy? ARSD 20:51:05:15.02. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Within how long must a South Dakota pharmacy report an administered immunization to the South Dakota Immunization Information System? ARSD 20:51:28:05. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Without the patient's authorization, to whom may a South Dakota pharmacist release patient information when professional judgment says it is necessary to protect the patient's health? SDCL 36-11-69. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.

Dispensing requirements 29

  • A person authorized to have South Dakota prescription monitoring information knowingly discloses it in violation of the chapter. What is the offense? SDCL 34-20E-19. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A pseudoephedrine sale generates a stop-sale alert in South Dakota's electronic record-keeping system. When may the seller still complete it? SDCL 34-20D-8. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A Schedule II prescription is to be partially filled over time for a South Dakota patient with a documented terminal illness. What must the pharmacist record on it? ARSD 44:58:08:18.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A South Dakota pharmacist cannot supply the full quantity of a Schedule II prescription. Within how long may the remaining portion be filled? ARSD 44:58:08:18. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A South Dakota pharmacist doubts the safety of the directions on a prescription. What do the rules of professional conduct require before any change is made? ARSD 20:51:16:04. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A South Dakota pharmacist selects a generic for a prescribed brand. Which form does the dual identification on the label take? SDCL 36-11-46.6. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A South Dakota pharmacist's record review finds two drugs from the same therapeutic class whose combined daily dose puts the patient at risk. What do the rules call this? ARSD 20:51:25:02. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A South Dakota prescription for an opioid antagonist is issued to a person in a position to assist someone at risk of overdose. How does the law treat it? SDCL 34-20A-107. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • After selecting an equivalent drug product, what must a South Dakota pharmacist or the pharmacist's agent tell the person receiving it? SDCL 36-11-46.3. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Dispensing a preparation under a United States Pharmacopoeia name when it differs from the official standard of strength, quality or purity is what offense in South Dakota? SDCL 36-11-46. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Does South Dakota's monitoring program chapter require a dispenser to obtain a patient's data from the central repository before dispensing a controlled substance? SDCL 34-20E-11. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • For how long is a Schedule II prescription that is being partially filled for a South Dakota nursing facility patient valid? ARSD 44:58:08:18.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • For how long must both the original and the transferred prescription be kept after a transfer between South Dakota pharmacies? ARSD 20:51:23:01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How many packages containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine may a South Dakota retailer sell in a single transaction without a prescription? SDCL 34-20D-1. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How many times may the original prescription information for a controlled substance be transferred between South Dakota pharmacies? ARSD 20:51:23:04. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How may a South Dakota practitioner prohibit selection of an equivalent drug product on a written prescription? SDCL 36-11-46.2. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How often must a dispenser submit controlled substance prescription data to South Dakota's prescription drug monitoring program? SDCL 34-20E-3. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • In a South Dakota hospital or nursing facility pharmacy, moving a drug from its original container to a new container is what kind of act? ARSD 20:51:15:05. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • The prescriber cannot be reached to authorize a refill. How large a supply may a South Dakota pharmacist refill if the drug is necessary to maintain the patient's health? ARSD 20:51:05:15.03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What must a South Dakota pharmacy have for anyone picking up a controlled substance prescription, other than for facility inpatients? ARSD 20:51:05:15.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What must every legend drug in solid dosage form bear before it may be manufactured or distributed in South Dakota? SDCL 34-20B-28.2. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What word does the receiving South Dakota pharmacist write on the face of a transferred prescription? ARSD 20:51:23:03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • When must a South Dakota pharmacist review the patient's record for problems such as overutilization and drug interactions? ARSD 20:51:25:02. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which controlled substances does South Dakota's prescription drug monitoring program cover? SDCL 34-20E-1. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which drugs may a South Dakota pharmacist refill without authorization when the prescriber cannot be contacted? ARSD 20:51:05:15.03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which of these must appear on the label of a legend drug dispensed by a South Dakota pharmacy? ARSD 20:51:05:21. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Who may communicate a prescription transfer directly between two South Dakota pharmacies? ARSD 20:51:23:01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Within how long after dispensing a biological product must a South Dakota pharmacist enter the specific product and manufacturer where the prescriber can see it electronically? SDCL 36-11-46.9. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Without a prescription, how much ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine base may a person acquire in South Dakota within any thirty-day period? SDCL 34-20D-10. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.

Pharmacy operations 25

  • A South Dakota pharmacist-in-charge dies in October. Unless a new one is designated, within how many days of the death does the pharmacy license become void? SDCL 36-11-38. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A South Dakota pharmacy changes its pharmacist-in-charge. Within how many days of the change must the application be filed, or the pharmacy license is void? SDCL 36-11-37. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A South Dakota pharmacy keeps board-approved medications off-site in a medical clinic. How often must a pharmacist inspect that location on site? ARSD 20:51:13:06. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A South Dakota pharmacy knowingly buys prescription drugs from a source the board has not licensed. What is the offense on a first conviction? SDCL 36-11A-5. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A South Dakota store stays open while no pharmacist is on duty. What sign must the pharmacist post before leaving the premises? ARSD 20:51:06:10. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A stand-alone automated dispensing device stores and dispenses drugs at a South Dakota site with no pharmacy license on the premises. What must its owner do? ARSD 20:51:17:03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • After the initial inventory, how often must a South Dakota registrant take a new inventory of all controlled substances on hand? ARSD 44:58:07:03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • For a South Dakota controlled substance inventory, when must Schedule III or IV stock be counted accurately instead of estimated? ARSD 44:58:07:03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • For how long each week must a nonresident pharmacy's toll-free telephone service be available to its South Dakota patients? SDCL 36-11-19.8. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How far ahead must a South Dakota pharmacy owner notify patients that the pharmacy will close permanently? ARSD 20:51:06:07. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How long before the opening date must an application to operate a new pharmacy in South Dakota be filed with the board? ARSD 20:51:06:03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How many members of the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy must vote to suspend or revoke a pharmacy license? SDCL 36-11-48. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How much experience must a certified technician have to staff a South Dakota remote pharmacy with no pharmacist, intern or second qualified technician on site? ARSD 20:51:30:12. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How often must a licensed pharmacist inspect a South Dakota remote drop site for compliance? ARSD 20:51:13:09. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Instead of keeping them in a locked cabinet, how may a South Dakota registrant store Schedule II through IV substances? ARSD 44:58:10:01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • On what date does a South Dakota pharmacy license expire? SDCL 36-11-35. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Schedule III and IV prescriptions filed with noncontrolled prescriptions in a South Dakota pharmacy must be marked how, unless its computer system allows the required retrieval? ARSD 44:58:07:04. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • To meet temporary shortages, what share of its controlled and legend drugs may a South Dakota pharmacy distribute to prescribers or other pharmacies? ARSD 20:51:05:22. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • The video link between a South Dakota remote pharmacy and its central pharmacy stops working. What follows? ARSD 20:51:30:16. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What does South Dakota's wholesale drug distributor chapter say about a prescription drug sample? SDCL 36-11A-6. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What is the most controlled drugs an emergency kit in a South Dakota nursing facility may hold? ARSD 20:51:15:15.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Which kind of requirement may the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy never waive under its rule on waivers? ARSD 20:51:14:05. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Which notice to the public must be displayed conspicuously at all times in every licensed South Dakota pharmacy? ARSD 20:51:13:03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Which United States Pharmacopeia general chapter do South Dakota's compounding rules apply to the handling of hazardous drugs in healthcare settings? ARSD 20:51:31:32. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Within how long must a South Dakota registrant notify the Department of Health's division of the theft or loss of a controlled substance? ARSD 44:58:07:05. 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 the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy's own book, Laws and Rules Related to the Practice of Pharmacy in South Dakota, dated August 20, 2026 (https://doh.sd.gov/media/ikgg2aon/laws-and-rules-2026.pdf, linked from the Board's page at https://doh.sd.gov/licensing-and-records/boards/pharmacy/): SDCL chapter 36-11 (pharmacies and pharmacists), ARSD article 20:51 (the Board's rules), SDCL chapter 36-11A (wholesale drug distributors), SDCL chapters 34-20B (drugs and substances control), 34-20D (pseudoephedrine products) and 34-20E (prescription drug monitoring program), ARSD article 44:58 (the Department of Health's drug control rules), SDCL 34-20A-107 (opioid antagonist prescriptions) and SDCL chapter 36-2A (health professionals assistance program). Each question names its section. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the South Dakota statutes 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 South Dakota MPJE practice test asks 120 questions of our own on South Dakota pharmacy law. It is not affiliated with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), which owns the exam, or the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy.

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One book of laws and rules

Each question comes from the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy's own book, Laws and Rules Related to the Practice of Pharmacy in South Dakota, dated August 20, 2026 and read October 14, 2026: the practice act (SDCL 36-11), the Board's rules (ARSD 20:51), the drug control and monitoring chapters and the Department of Health's drug control rules (ARSD 44:58). The four areas and their weights are NABP's MPJE Competency Statements.

South Dakota law only

NABP's list of Uniform MPJE jurisdictions did not include South Dakota on October 14, 2026, and the Board's rules still require the MPJE, South Dakota edition. Federal questions are on the federal pharmacy law page. The state schedules' drug lists are left out. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • Up to three technicians per pharmacist on duty; interns do not count, and one pharmacist supervises at most two interns (ARSD 20:51:29:19, 20:51:02:11.01).
  • Refills: noncontrolled drugs for twelve months, Schedule III and IV five times in six months, Schedule II never (ARSD 20:51:05:15.03).
  • South Dakota's own schedules run I through IV, and dispensers report Schedule II through IV prescriptions at least every 24 hours (SDCL 34-20E-3).

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the South Dakota MPJE?

120, on a computer, with 2.5 hours to finish, by NABP's test day page; the exam adapts to your answers. A timed run on this page is the same length.

What is the passing score for the South Dakota MPJE?

The Board's rules, ARSD 20:51:01:04 and 20:51:04:03, set a total scaled score of at least 75 on the South Dakota edition. NABP reports only pass or fail and gives five attempts per jurisdiction.

What does the South Dakota MPJE cover?

Four areas in NABP's competency statements: licensure and personnel, pharmacist practice, dispensing requirements and pharmacy operations. State and federal questions are mixed with no label on either, and you answer each under the law of the state you are applying to.

Is there a free South Dakota MPJE study guide?

The law itself is free: the Board of Pharmacy posts one PDF of the state's pharmacy statutes and rules. These 120 questions are drawn from it, and each answer names the section to reread.

Are these the real South Dakota MPJE questions?

No. Every question was written for this site from the public statutes and rules. Nothing here comes from the MPJE, the Pre-MPJE or NABP's sample items, and neither NABP nor any South Dakota agency has reviewed it.

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