Dentistry: General Dentistry, Public Health and Specialties Answers

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Which is a legitimate way that pharmacists can help protect their patients against counterfeit medicines?

Only obtain medicines from legitimate, known suppliers.

Taste all medications before they are distributed.

Choose not to fill any prescriptions which are often abused or faked.

None of the above is a good way to deal with this.

Which drugs have no legitimate medical use?

Schedule 1

Schedule 2

Schedule 5

None of the above

There are no legitimate online pharmacies.

False

True

Which situation shows a violation of the HIPAA law?

The pharmacist calls the doctor to discuss the prescription of a patient.

The pharmacist speaks about the patient’s sickness with the insurance company.

The pharmacist speaks about the patient’s illness with the patient’s boss.

None of the above is a violation.

It is legitimately within the pharmacist’s scope of practice to evaluate whether or not a prescription is legitimate.

False

True

The “conscience clauses” deals with:

Religious or moral objection to medications

Abuse of medications

Legitimacy of prescriptions

Overcharging of medication