Home › Certifications › Pharmacy Tech › Federal Requirements
24 multiple-choice questions and 13 flashcards on Federal Requirements, about 15% of the Pharmacy Tech bank. Every one carries a written rationale.
Federal Requirements is one of 4 chapters in CoStudy's Pharmacy Tech (PTCB CPhT) bank, and it holds 24 of the bank's 162 multiple-choice questions — roughly 15% of the total. That proportion is not arbitrary: chapters follow the certifying body's published exam outline, and the number of questions in each is set by that domain's published weight, so the share of your practice time this chapter takes matches the share of the real exam it accounts for.
Studying by chapter is worth doing once you have a diagnostic score. A single overall percentage tells you whether you are close; it does not tell you which domain is dragging. Working a weak chapter in isolation, and re-testing it in isolation, is the fastest way to move a score that has stalled — and it is why the mock exams in CoStudy report by domain rather than as one number.
3 questions drawn from this chapter, with the full rationale shown — the controlling principle behind the right answer, and why each wrong option tempts and fails.
Partial filling of a CII prescription is allowed federally when:
Answer: A — The patient or prescriber requests it, with remainder filled within 30 days
The CARA Act of 2016 allowed partial fills of CII at patient/prescriber request, balance within 30 days. B) Outdated. C) Old LTCF/terminal rule expanded. D) Not required.
Which document authorizes a pharmacy technician to assume responsibilities normally requiring the pharmacist?
Answer: A — Power of attorney for DEA Form 222 ordering
A DEA Form 222 POA lets a tech sign for CII orders. State scope laws also govern tech-check-tech and similar tasks. B/C) Not authorization. D) State-specific, not universal.
Which DEA Schedule allows NO refills, requiring a new written prescription each time?
Answer: A — Schedule II
A) Correct — Schedule II (oxycodone, morphine, Adderall) does not allow refills; new Rx required each fill. B/C) Allow up to 5 refills in 6 months. D) Even less restrictive.
4 cards from the 13 in this chapter.
DEA Schedule III?
Moderate abuse potential. Up to 5 refills in 6 months. Codeine combos, ketamine, testosterone, anabolic steroids.
Form 222?
DEA Form for ordering Schedule I-II controlled substances from suppliers. Triplicate; strict record-keeping.
DEA Schedule I?
No accepted medical use, high abuse potential. Heroin, LSD, marijuana (federal).
DEA Schedule II?
Accepted medical use, high abuse potential. NO refills allowed. Oxycodone, morphine, fentanyl, Adderall, Ritalin.
These are a sample. The full Federal Requirements chapter runs 37 items with per-chapter progress tracking, on the web and in the iOS app.
Open Pharmacy Tech in CoStudy →