Florida MPJE

[killingbill]

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I am taking the Florida MPJE and have a few questions that I hope someone can answer:

1. In Florida, if a controlled RX is stored on file at one pharmacy and never filled, can that prescription be transferred to be filled at another pharmacy?

2. Must all controlled RX's be presented within 30 days of date written to be filled?

3. May doctors issue 3 prescriptions of C2 to be filled (up to 90 days)? If so, does each RX have to have the original date and the date to be filled? Or just a different date on each RX?

Thanks in advance.

 

[MindOverMatter]

1. In Florida, if a controlled RX is stored on file at one pharmacy and never filled, can that prescription be transferred to be filled at another pharmacy?

Yes

2. Must all controlled RX's be presented within 30 days of date written to be filled?

No. CIIs are good for 1 year, CIII-CV are good for 6 months, regardless of when they are presented. The pharmacist should use professional judgement over whether an rx is still needed though. For example, an rx for #20 Percocet 5/325mg that is 6 months old is probably no longer needed for what it was written for.


3. May doctors issue 3 prescriptions of C2 to be filled (up to 90 days)? If so, does each RX have to have the original date and the date to be filled? Or just a different date on each RX?

Either way is valid. The MD can either write the date he gives the pt the rx and say "do not fill until this date in the future" or he can post-date the rx. This is routinely done in practice, especially for ADD meds.

 

[amox]

1. In Florida, if a controlled RX is stored on file at one pharmacy and never filled, can that prescription be transferred to be filled at another pharmacy?

Yes

2. Must all controlled RX's be presented within 30 days of date written to be filled?

No. CIIs are good for 1 year, CIII-CV are good for 6 months, regardless of when they are presented. The pharmacist should use professional judgement over whether an rx is still needed though. For example, an rx for #20 Percocet 5/325mg that is 6 months old is probably no longer needed for what it was written for.


3. May doctors issue 3 prescriptions of C2 to be filled (up to 90 days)? If so, does each RX have to have the original date and the date to be filled? Or just a different date on each RX?

Either way is valid. The MD can either write the date he gives the pt the rx and say "do not fill until this date in the future" or he can post-date the rx. This is routinely done in practice, especially for ADD meds.

This user is correct.

 

[killingbill]

I find it strange that C2's are good for up to 1 year while C3-C5 must be filled within 6 months. Especially for a state like Florida where the drug problem is so bad, why do they allow such a long time for a C2 to be filled?

 

[Trankuil]

I was wondering if he ment one month and not one year, especially for the example he gave with the percocets...

 

[MindOverMatter]

Nope. C2s are good for one year, as in 12 months. I don't make the rules, I just try not to break them.

 

[sakigt]

3. May doctors issue 3 prescriptions of C2 to be filled (up to 90 days)? If so, does each RX have to have the original date and the date to be filled? Or just a different date on each RX?

Either way is valid. The MD can either write the date he gives the pt the rx and say "do not fill until this date in the future" or he can post-date the rx. This is routinely done in practice, especially for ADD meds.

I thought it had to be written for the day it was truely written. If they want to give a 90 day supply then they write : Do not fill until ___

 

[Pharmacist369]

Hey do you have the study material for florida MPJE

 

[josh6718]

3. May doctors issue 3 prescriptions of C2 to be filled (up to 90 days)? If so, does each RX have to have the original date and the date to be filled? Or just a different date on each RX?

Either way is valid. The MD can either write the date he gives the pt the rx and say "do not fill until this date in the future" or he can post-date the rx. This is routinely done in practice, especially for ADD meds.

No, post dating scripts is illegal on federal level.

Q. Is post-dating of multiple prescriptions allowed?
A. No. Federal regulations have always required that all prescriptions for controlled substances "be dated as of, and signed on, the day when issued." 21 CFR 1306.05(a).