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Wisconsin MPJE Study Guide

Unofficial Wisconsin pharmacy law practice: every answer cites its section of chapter 450 or its Phar rule.

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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.
Wisconsin rule
Phar 2.02 and 2.05 ask for a passing MPJE with Wisconsin as primary state. Phar 4.03: the board may adopt the provider's recommended passing score.

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Licensure and personnel 13

  • A managing pharmacist expects to be continuously absent from the pharmacy for more than 30 days. What does section 450.09 require? Answer: Another pharmacist takes over by written power of attorney kept on file. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.09(1)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • A pharmacist licensed in another state applies for a Wisconsin license. Besides the application, fee and NABP license transfer application, what does Phar 2.05 ask for? Answer: The multi-state pharmacy jurisprudence examination, with Wisconsin as primary state. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 2.05. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • A registered pharmacy technician starts work for a new employer. Within how many days must the department be told? Answer: 10 days. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.068(3)(b); Phar 19.04. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Besides or in place of other discipline, what is the largest forfeiture the board may assess for each separate offense under section 450.10? Answer: $1,000. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.10(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
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Licensure and personnel, continued

  • For how long after the renewal date must a pharmacist keep the evidence of the continuing education used for that renewal? Answer: 3 years. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 16.05. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many hours of continuing education must a Wisconsin pharmacist complete in the 2-year period before applying for renewal? Answer: 30 hours. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.085(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many hours of internship must an applicant for original licensure as a Wisconsin pharmacist show? Answer: At least 1,500. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 2.02(1)(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Of how many pharmacies may one pharmacist be the managing pharmacist at any time? Answer: Not more than one community and one institutional pharmacy. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.09(1)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Section 450.068 lets the board register a pharmacy technician who is at least 18 and a high school graduate. Which other applicant qualifies? Answer: One enrolled in an approved youth apprenticeship program for pharmacy technicians. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.068(2)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Which of these may a registered pharmacy technician NOT do under Phar 19.02? Answer: Complete the drug utilization review. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 19.02. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Which renewal is exempt from the continuing education requirement of section 450.085? Answer: The first renewal after the board initially granted the license. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.085(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Within how many days after a change of managing pharmacist must the pharmacy owner report it to the board? Answer: 5 days. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 6.03. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Within how many days must a pharmacist notify the board of a legal change of name or a change of address? Answer: 30 days. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 5.02. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.

Pharmacist practice 20

  • A drug is new to the patient. In which case does Phar 7.08 say consultation is still not required? Answer: The drug will be administered by a person whose scope of practice includes administering it. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.08(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A patient brings a dispensed prescription drug back to the pharmacy. In which case does Phar 7.10 allow the pharmacy to take it back as a return? Answer: The drug was dispensed in error. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.10(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A pharmacist who has completed a course covering children under 6 may vaccinate a 4-year-old only under which of these? Answer: A prescription order issued within the previous 29 days. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.035(2c). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A pharmacy sees an unusual increase in the number of antibiotic prescriptions it dispenses. How soon must it report this to a local health department or the Department of Health Services? Answer: Within 24 hours. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.145(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • After a pharmacist administers a prescribed drug product (not a vaccine), what must be done? Answer: The prescriber is notified, or the entry is made in a record system the prescriber shares. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.035(1r); Phar 7.13(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For the practitioner's own personal use, a practitioner may not prescribe a controlled substance in which schedules? Answer: Schedules I, II, III and IV. Source: Wis. Stat. § 961.38(5). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How does Phar 7.02 treat a prescription order sent to the pharmacy by facsimile machine? Answer: As a written prescription order. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.02(3)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How many hours of approved study and training must a Wisconsin pharmacist complete before administering vaccines? Answer: 12 hours. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.035(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How many times may a prescription for a schedule II substance be refilled in Wisconsin? Answer: It may not be refilled. Source: Wis. Stat. § 961.38(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Unless the practitioner renews it, what are the limits on filling and refilling a schedule III or IV prescription? Answer: 6 months from its date and 5 refills. Source: Wis. Stat. § 961.38(3). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What happens to a health item returned to a community pharmacy because it was dispensed in error? Answer: It is destroyed at the pharmacy or delivered for destruction or other disposal. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.10(3). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What liability insurance must a pharmacist have in effect to administer vaccines or supervise others who do? Answer: $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 per policy year. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.035(2t). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What must a pharmacy that dispenses directly to patients inside the pharmacy post conspicuously under Phar 7.08? Answer: A board approved sign on the right to consultation and how to file a complaint. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.08(7). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What must the pharmacist give the patient or agent for every consultation that Phar 7.08 requires? Answer: A written patient drug education monograph. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.08(5). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • When may a practitioner transmit a prescription order electronically under section 450.11? Answer: Only if the patient approves and the order goes to a pharmacy the patient designates. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.11(1m). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which is one of the conditions for a pharmacy technician to administer a vaccine in Wisconsin? Answer: At least 2 hours of approved training in hands-on injection technique and emergency reactions. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.035(2h)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which of these triggers the duty to provide consultation under Phar 7.08? Answer: The drug or device has not been dispensed to the patient before. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.08(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Who is responsible for the proper prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances under Phar 8.02? Answer: The prescribing practitioner, with a corresponding responsibility on the dispensing pharmacist. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 8.02. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Who may possess an opioid antagonist under section 450.11(1i)? Answer: Any person. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.11(1i)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Within how many days of giving a vaccine must the Wisconsin Immunization Registry be updated? Answer: 7 days. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.035(4). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.

Dispensing requirements 14

  • A patient asks a pharmacist to transfer a prescription to another pharmacy. What does Phar 7.04 say? Answer: The pharmacist shall transfer the prescription upon patient request. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.04(1)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A refill cannot be authorized and the prescriber cannot be reached. Leaving aside drugs packaged only in larger amounts, how much may a pharmacist dispense by extending the order under section 450.11(5)(bm)? Answer: A 7-day supply. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.11(5)(bm). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • For controlled substances in which schedules must an identification card be presented before the drug is dispensed or delivered? Answer: Schedule II or III. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.11(1b)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How does a prescriber bar substitution of a drug product equivalent on a written prescription order? Answer: By writing "No substitutions", words of similar meaning or "N.S." on the face of the order. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.13(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • The patient is an animal. How does Phar 7.05 say the prescription label identifies the patient? Answer: The last name of the owner, the name of the animal and the animal species. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.05(2)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Reviewing the patient record before dispensing, a pharmacist recognizes a therapeutic duplication. What does Phar 7.03 require next? Answer: Take steps to mitigate or resolve the problem. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.03(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Two Wisconsin pharmacies do not share a computer system. How may original prescription information for a schedule III to V controlled substance be transferred between them? Answer: On a one-time basis, communicated directly between 2 licensed pharmacists. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.04(3). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Using the authority to dispense varying quantities per fill, what is the most a pharmacist may dispense in a single fill or refill? Answer: A 90-day supply. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.11(5)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What does Phar 7.09 require for drugs past their expiration or beyond use date? Answer: Removal from dispensing stock and quarantine until disposal. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.09(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • When a non-controlled prescription is transferred out, what word does Phar 7.04 require on the face of the invalidated prescription order? Answer: VOID. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.04(2)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • When may the name and strength of the drug be left off a prescription label in Wisconsin? Answer: When the prescribing practitioner requests the omission. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.05(2)(c); Wis. Stat. § 450.11(4)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which is an exception to the identification card requirement of section 450.11(1b)? Answer: The person dispensing personally knows the recipient is the ultimate user. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.11(1b)(e). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Within how many business days after a biological product is dispensed must the specific product be entered in a record the prescriber can reach, or otherwise communicated? Answer: 5 business days. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.135(5). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Without a prescriber's authorization, how much pseudoephedrine may a member of the public buy in a pseudoephedrine product within a 30-day period? Answer: Not more than 7.5 grams. Source: Wis. Stat. § 961.23(6). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.

Pharmacy operations 13

  • A hospital has an outpatient pharmacy area that is physically separate from, and not contiguous to, the inpatient pharmacy. What licensing does Phar 6.02 require? Answer: A separate pharmacy license for the outpatient pharmacy. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 6.02(1m). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A pharmacy plans to move to a building across the street. What does Phar 6.02 say about its license? Answer: It covers only the location named on it and may not be transferred to another location. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 6.02(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • An out-of-state pharmacy licensed to ship to Wisconsin must provide a telephone number available to people in this state for at least how many hours a week? Answer: 40 hours. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.065(5). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • During validation, what accuracy rate must a pharmacy technician reach to qualify as a pharmacy product verification technician? Answer: At least 99.8%. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.14(2)(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • For how long after the date of the last refill must a Wisconsin pharmacy keep the record of a prescription dispensed? Answer: 5 years. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 7.11(2)(b); Wis. Stat. § 450.11(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How does Phar 6.07 require controlled substances to be stored? Answer: In a securely locked, substantially constructed cabinet, or dispersed through other stock so as to obstruct theft. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 6.07(3). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How long before a pharmacy license is granted must the application and fee be on file with the board? Answer: At least 30 days. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 6.01. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How often must the managing pharmacist oversee inspection, maintenance and reconciliation of all controlled substances? Answer: Quarterly. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 8.05(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Prescription drugs are to be sold at a bankruptcy sale. What must the seller give the board under section 450.11(6)? Answer: Written notice at least one week before the sale and a written report within 10 days after it. Source: Wis. Stat. § 450.11(6). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Unless the board has approved another security system or plan in advance, what must a Wisconsin pharmacy have under Phar 6.08? Answer: A centrally monitored alarm system. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 6.08. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What temperature range defines a "refrigerator" in Phar 6.075? Answer: 36 to 46 degrees Fahrenheit. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 6.075(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • When must the board be notified of a theft or loss of controlled substances? Answer: On the same day that notification to the DEA is required. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 8.04. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Without the board's approval, for how many remote dispensing sites may one managing pharmacist be responsible at a time? Answer: Not more than 10. Source: Wis. Admin. Code § Phar 6.025(4). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the four areas of the MPJE Competency Statements that the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy publishes at https://nabp.pharmacy/programs/examinations/mpje/competency-statements/ (opened 2026-10-14): Area 1 Licensure/Personnel 22%, Area 2 Pharmacist Practice 33%, Area 3 Dispensing Requirements 24%, Area 4 Pharmacy Operations 21%. The 60 questions are 13, 20, 14 and 13. Every fact was read on 2026-10-14 on the Wisconsin Legislature's site, docs.legis.wisconsin.gov: Wisconsin Statutes chapter 450 (Pharmacy Examining Board) and sections 961.23, 961.235 and 961.38 of chapter 961 (Uniform Controlled Substances Act), in the 2023-24 Statutes updated through 2025 Wisconsin Act 247 and published October 1, 2026, and Wisconsin Administrative Code chapters Phar 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16 and 19. Each question names its section. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the Wisconsin statutes and administrative code. Nothing is taken from the MPJE, the Pre-MPJE, NABP's sample items, a prep company or a review book.

How it works

This unofficial Wisconsin MPJE study guide is 60 practice questions of our own on Wisconsin pharmacy law. It is not affiliated with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), which owns the exam, or the Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board.

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A Wisconsin pharmacy law study guide in question form

Every question was written from the Wisconsin Legislature's own pages, read October 14, 2026: chapter 450 of the Wisconsin Statutes, three sections of chapter 961, and the Pharmacy Examining Board's rules, chapters Phar 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16 and 19. The split across four areas follows NABP's published MPJE Competency Statements. Rule Phar 4.02 names the multi-state pharmacy jurisprudence examination as the test of Wisconsin laws and rules.

Wisconsin law only

Practice for an exam, not medical advice. Wisconsin was not among the Uniform MPJE jurisdictions NABP listed on October 14, 2026, so candidates still sit the state-specific exam. Federal questions sit on the federal pharmacy law page, and the Controlled Substances Board rules were not read for this bank.

  • Emergency extension: a 7-day supply, never a controlled substance, once per drug in a one-year period, prescriber notified (450.11(5)(bm)).
  • An identification card is needed for schedule II or III drugs, unless the recipient is personally known (450.11(1b)).
  • Five years: prescription records, medication profiles, temperature logs and delegation records all share that period in the Phar rules.

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the Wisconsin MPJE?

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

What is a passing score on the Wisconsin MPJE?

Rule Phar 4.03 names no number: the board may adopt the recommended passing score of the examination provider, and each examination is scored separately. NABP reports the MPJE as pass or fail.

Is there a free Wisconsin law MPJE study guide?

The law itself is free at docs.legis.wisconsin.gov: chapter 450 of the statutes and the Phar chapters of the administrative code. This page turns them into 60 questions, each naming a section to reread after a miss.

Do pharmacists licensed in another state take the Wisconsin MPJE?

Yes. Rule Phar 2.05 asks an applicant licensed in another state for the NABP license transfer application and evidence of passing the multi-state pharmacy jurisprudence examination with Wisconsin as primary state.

Is this Wisconsin pharmacy MPJE study guide made of real exam questions?

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

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