MPJE Section 1.3 Questions And Answers
What is a valid prescription? - ANS-one that is issued for a legitimate medical purpose by a
practitioner acting in the usual course of professional practice
What is NOT a valid prescription? - ANS--one that is issued in order for an individual practitione...
MPJE Section 1.3 Questions And Answers
What is a valid prescription? - ANS-✔✔one that is issued for a legitimate medical purpose by a
practitioner acting in the usual course of professional practice
What is NOT a valid prescription? - ANS-✔✔-one that is issued in order for an individual practitioner to
obtain controlled substances for supplying the individual practitioner for the purpose of general
dispensing to patients
-one that is issued not in the usual course of professional treatment or in legitimate and authorized
research
Who will be subject to penalties provided for violations of the provisions of law relating to invalid
prescriptions? - ANS-✔✔Both the person knowingly filling such a prescription and the person who
issued it
Does the law require a pharmacist to dispense a prescription of doubtful, questionable, or suspicious
origin? - ANS-✔✔NO
What happens to the pharmacist that deliberately ignores a questionable prescription when there is
reason to believe it was not issued for legitimate reasons? - ANS-✔✔Felony offense
loss of one's business or professional license
Who are considered practitioners in the state of Nebraska? - ANS-✔✔-Nurse Anesthetist
-Certified Nurse Midwife
-Dentist
-Optometrist
-Nurse Practitioner
-Physician Assistant
-Physician
, -Podiatrist
-Veterinarian
In Nebraska, is it appropriate for a physician to prescribe, dispense, or administer a controlled substance
in excess of the recommended dosage for the treatment of pain? - ANS-✔✔YES
so long as the dosage is not administered for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in
causing, death for any reason and so long as it conforms to policies and guidelines for the treatment of
pain adopted by the Board of Medicine and Surgery
In Nebraska, can a health care facility, hospice, or third-party payor forbid or restrict the use of
controlled substances appropriately administered for the treatment of pain? - ANS-✔✔They should not
What is lawful to prescribe for the purpose of detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment? -
ANS-✔✔buprenorphine
Who may administer or dispense a narcotic drug to a narcotic-dependent person for detoxification
treatment or maintenance treatment? - ANS-✔✔Only a practitioner who is registered to provide
narcotic detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment
When may a narcotic drug be dispensed to a narcotic-dependent person by someone not registered to
provide detoxification treatment? - ANS-✔✔-when necessary to relieve acute withdrawal symptoms
pending the referral of such person for detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment by a
physician who is not registered to provide such treatment
-Not more than one day's supply of narcotic drugs shall be administered or dispensed for such person's
use at one time
-Such treatment shall not be continued for more than three successive calendar days and may not be
renewed or extended
When may a narcotic drug be administered or dispensed in a hospital? - ANS-✔✔to maintain or
detoxify a person as an incidental adjunct to medical or surgical treatment conditions other than
dependence
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