Pharmacy Technician| 880 QUESTIONS| 91 PAGES| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Federal Food and Drug Act correct answer: FDA - Series of consumer protection laws - led to creation of the FDA - banned foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products - Products had to be inspected and offenders where prosecuted - Active Ingredients had to be placed on labels of packaging - drugs can not fall below purity levels set by United states pharmacopoeia or national Formulary - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act correct answer: - HIPAA - Provides the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage for millions of American workers and families when they change or lose jobs - reduces Health care fraud and abuse - Mandatory Industry Wide standards for health care information and electronic billing processes - requires the protections and confidential handling of protected health information Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act correct answer: OBRA - Allowed Workers and Families to keep their group coverage in cases of volentary or involentary job loss - in case of reduced hours worked - job transitions - give workers who lost their health benifits right to choose to continue plans under certain circumstances - required under businesses with 20+ employees - applies to both government and private sector - set period of time, maybe influenced by circumstances OBRA 90 correct answer: - placed regulations on how to interact with patients - record keeping mandates, prospective drug reviews - counseling obligations - must review medicaid participants enire drug profile before prescribing medications Medicaid correct answer: - Social Health care program for families and individuals with low income + recources - government insurance for people of all ages who can not afford sufficient health care - varies from state to state -- joint funded between state and federal - must be US citizens or legal permanent residents - Medicare correct answer: - National Social Insurance Program - administered by US government - provides health insuracne for Americans aged 65+ - members must have worked and payed for the system - provides health insurance for younger people with disabilities - Disability correct answer: - Form of Insurance that insures the beneficiaries income against the risk that disability creates a barrier for a worker to complete the core functions of their work - encompasses paid sick leave, short term disability benefits, and long term disability benifits - U.S. Social Security Act correct answer: - Social Welfare Legislation Act - provides federal assistance to those who can not wotk - Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act correct answer: - enacted to curb the growing problem of underground manufacture of illegal drugs - regulates over the counter products that can be used to make drugs - include daily sales limits and 30 day purchase limits - places products out of easy reach - sale logbooks - customer ID verification - training of employees and sellers - Sale of Ephedrin correct answer: - sale is limited to behind the counter - must present photo ID - stores require to keep personal information on buyers for at least 2 years - sales allowed in drive through lanes