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MPJE - Massachusetts exam withcomplete solutions 2024/2025
How to categorize the stability of non-sterile compounded products? - ANSWER-
Beyond Use Dates (BUD) based on non-sterile formulation categories
- non-water containing liq: BUD <6 months OR earliest of any ingredient
- Water containing liq form(PO): 2-8C storage. BUD max 14 days OR earliest
ingredient
- water containing topicals/mucosal/ semisolid forms MUST be given BUD max 30
days OR earliest ingredient date
- can assign longer BUD with proper citations and evidence
How many Board members? - ANSWER-13
Pharmacist Board Members - Requirements - ANSWER-8 Pharmacists each with 7
consecutive years in MA.
2 independent
2 chain
1 hospital
1 long-term care
1 sterile compounding
1 academia
Non- pharmacist Board members and requirements - ANSWER-1 licensed
pharmacy technician
1 public representative with health care service delivery, administration or
consumer advocacy exp
,1 physician
1 nurse
1 expert in patient safety or quality improvement
What entities is the Board under? - ANSWER-Department of Public Health (DPH) -
> Bureau of Health Professions Licensure (BHPL) -> Board of Registration in
Pharmacy
Who chairs the Board of Pharmacy? - ANSWER-Current member of the board of
pharmacy will serve for 1 year as president. Max can serve 1 year as president
and 1 year secretary per term of membership
When is the Board of Pharmacy President and Secretary elected? - ANSWER-
Board meets on the 1st Tuesday of December annually.
How are the Board members selected? - ANSWER-Govenor of Massachusetts
appoints the members
How long do the Board Members serve? - ANSWER-1 term = 3 years.
May serve 2 consecutive years and eligible for reappointment after 1 full year of
NOT serving on board
How often does the Board convene? - ANSWER-Annual meetings on: 1st Tuesday
of Jan, May and October.
Election in December.
Additional prn determined by members.
Who can attend Board of Pharmacy meetings? - ANSWER-Publically available
New Pharmacist licensure requirements? - ANSWER-- Graduate of ACPE or BOP
approved SOP
- 18 YO
- Completion of 1500 intern hours
- Good moral character
Transfer/Reciprocity pharmacist licensure requirements? - ANSWER-- New
pharmacist requirements AND:
- good standing in current licensed state
- other state/jurisdiction BOP recognized
- preliminary application via NABP (evaluation conducted)
,Foreign Graduate pharmacist licensure requirements? - ANSWER-- New
pharmacist requirements AND:
- Official FPGEC certification from NABP
Application fee for New and Foreign graduate pharmacist - ANSWER-421
Application fee for transfer and reciprocity? - ANSWER-Reciprocity 525
Transfer 375
How many CE hours are needed for renewal? - ANSWER-20 CE hours per YEAR.
Renewal cycle is 2 years, so need total 40 hours.
Credit requirement: education, 50 minutes
CE requirement stipulations for all pharmacists? - ANSWER-Law: 2hr/year
Home study: max 15h (5h live)
Daily: max 8h
Special CE/additional requirements for pharmacist? - ANSWER-Sterile
compounding? Focused 5h/y compounding
Non-sterile? focused 3h/y
Vaccine administartion? 2h/cycle
When does a newly graduated pharmacist need to start completing CE hours? -
ANSWER-The calendar AFTER graduation. The newly licensed pharmacist does
NOT need to complete CE in the graduation year.
Can CE hours be carried over from one calendar year to another? - ANSWER-NO.
Minimum Intern hours needed and how to obtain them? - ANSWER-1500 hours
A: 1000 via pharmacy related settings and 500 via internships in settings
(manufacturing, demonstration prohects, clinical pharmacy or industy/analytical
B: 1500 via experimental pharmacy experience as graduate from ACPE SOP.
Degree/ Education required? - ANSWER-US: Doctor of Pharmacy from accredited
SOP
Foreign: Graduate from non-accredited SOP or foreign SOP
Examination requirements for new graduates? - ANSWER-MPJE, NAPLEX
, Examination requirements for Transfer? - ANSWER-MPJE
NAPLEX
Scores sent by NABP via Transfer of Pharmacist Licensure Application (TPL)
Examination requirements for foreign graduates? - ANSWER-MPJE
NAPLEX
Overall licensure application documents needed? - ANSWER-Mass BOP uses
PCS
Complete application has:
- recent passport size photo
- Copy of Birth certificate, valid passport OR DL
- name change? written notification to Board/Board designee
- Payment
- notarized signature to ok background check
Additional application requirements for new pharmacist? - ANSWER-Verification
of grafuation form. MUST be filled out by school registrar and sealed in envelope
to be included in overall application envelope
Additional application requirments for Transfer/reciprocity? - ANSWER-Transfer:
- VOG
- Request for NABP to send NAPLEX score to MA BOP prior to taking exam
Reciprocity: Official NABP application for transfer of Pharmacist Licensure
Additional application requirements for foreign pharmacy graduates - ANSWER--
Official copy of FPGEC certification from NABP
- VOG
What is the reinstatement process? - ANSWER-If the license has been inactive for
x amount of time, then they must meet the specific conditions and any additional
stipulations determined by BOP case by case
What is the reinstatement process if license has been inactive NOT due to
revocation/suspension for greater than 60 days but less than 2 years - ANSWER-
Apply for renewal
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