Law Lecture

Question 1

What does POM stand for?

Answer 1

Prescription only medication

Question 2

What does P stand for?

Answer 2

Pharmacy only medication

Question 3

What does GSL stand for?

Answer 3

General Sales List

Question 4

How many paracetamol can be sold over the counter (POM)

Answer 4

100

Question 5

How much paracetamol can be prescribed by a pharmacist

Answer 5

Pack size 32

Question 6

How many paracetamol in GSL

Answer 6

Pack size 16

Question 7

Aspirin GSL

Answer 7

16

Question 8

Aspirin P?

Answer 8

32

Question 9

Aspirin POM

Answer 9

100

Question 10

Why were tighter controls issued for codeine and dihydrocodeine, who issued it and when

Answer 10

• minimise the risk of addiction
• MHRA
• 2009

Question 11

Legal restrictions on quantities that may be sold is part of which act?

Answer 11

Human medicines regulations 2012

Question 12

How much of pseudoephedrine can be supplied?

Answer 12

720mg

Question 13

How much ephedrine can be supplied?

Answer 13

180mg

Question 14

Levonorgestrel 1500 microgram tablet and Ulipristal acetate 30mg tablet are licenced as?

Answer 14

P medicines

Question 15

Ibuprofen 200mg is?

Answer 15

GSL

Question 16

Daktacort 15g is?

Answer 16

P

Question 17

Daktacort 30g is?

Answer 17

POM

Question 18

What are PO medicines?

Answer 18

Used to classify some GSL ingredients but is only licenced for sale through pharmacies.

Question 19

What is the health act 1999

Answer 19

introduced to modernise and strengthen regulation of healthcare professionals.

replaces pharmacy act 1954 (registration and regulation of pharmacists)

Question 20

What is the medicines (responsible pharmacist) regulations 2008?

Answer 20

registration of pharmacy technicians

Question 21

What is the statutory duty for a RP

Answer 21

safe and effective running of the pharmacy

establish, maintains and keep under review procedures for safe working.

Question 22

what are RP regulations

Answer 22

the RP can be absent from the pharmacy for a maximum of 2 hours.

must remain contactable during absence.

GSL can be sold during the period of absence.

Question 23

human medicines regulations 2012

Answer 23

can change directions

dose interval error

overdose

directions that differ from advice of prescriber

can change name or common name of medicine

can change precautions for use on label

Question 24

limitations of human medicines regulations 2012

Answer 24

cannot change strength/quantity

does not change conventions for incomplete prescriptions

does not apply to schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs.

Question 25

what are the pharmacy regulations 2013?

Answer 25

publication of a pharmaceutical needs assessment by health and wellbeing boards. terms of service for the contractors who provide pharmaceutical services.

Question 26

what are the human medicines regulations 2016

Answer 26

radiographer IP allowed to mix, prescribe and sell certain types of POM. orthoptists allowed to sale and supply certain POM enabling POMs morphine, diapmorphine to be supplied by registered mid wives.

Question 27

HMR exemptions

Answer 27

midwives orthoptists optometrists paramedics

Question 28

FP10 prescription

Answer 28

GP/hospitals/IP green

Question 29

FP10D

Answer 29

dentist in primary care yellow

Question 30

FP10MDA

Answer 30

IP treating addiction Blue

Question 31

FP10P

Answer 31

Prescribing nurse/IP/SP purple

Question 32

FP10PCD

Answer 32

private prescriptions for schedule 2 or 3 controlled drugs pink

Question 33

legal requirements on a prescription

Answer 33

signed dated legible address of practitioner type of prescriber name and address of patient age if under 12

Question 34

legal requirements on a label

Answer 34

name of patient name and address of supplying pharmacy date of dispensing name of the medicine directions for use of the medicine precautions relating to the use of the medicine

Question 35

What are CDs

Answer 35

substances controlled by the misuse of drugs act 1971 and misuse of drugs regulations 2001