Can the Board snatch your license away if you have been negligent in the practice of pharmacy or in any activity requiring a license, permit, certificate, or registration frmo the Board?

Can the Board snatch your license away if you have engaged in unprofessional conduct specified in regulations promulgated by the Board?

Can the Board snatch your license away if you have become incompetent to practice pharmacy or to engage in any acitivy requiring a license, permit, certificate, or registration from the Board because of a mental or physical condition?

Can the Board snatch your license away if you use drugs or alcohol to the extent that you are rendered unsafe to practice pharmacy or to engage in any activity requiring a license, permit, certificate, or registration from the Board

Can the Board snatch your license away if you have engaged in or attempted any fraud or deceit in connection with the practice of pharmacy.

Can the Board snatch your license away if you have engaged in activities beyond the scope of a license?

Can the Board snatch your license away if you have violated or cooperated with others in violating any provisions of law or regulation relating to pracitice of pharmacy?

Can the Board snatch your license away if you have had denied, suspended, or revoked in any other state a license to practice pharmacy or any license, permit, certificate, or registration necessary to conduct an activity requiring a license et cetera?

Can the Board snatch your license away if you have been convicted of any felony or of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude?

Can the Board snatch your license away if you have issued or published statements intended to deceive or defraud the pharmacy profession?

If your license has been revoked or suspendedd, will the board allow you to sit for any examination?

Any health regulatory board may suspend the license, certificat, registration or multistate licensure privilege of any person holding a license, certificate, registration, or licensure privilege issued by it without a hearing simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a hearing, if the relevant board finds _________________.

that there is a substantial danger to the public health or safety which warrants this action.

How long must a pharmacist wait before his/her license may be reinstated after revocation?

Three year minimum wait!

Note: requires 3/4 vote of the board for reinstatement (meaning that the license will not automatically be reinstated)

Will a license revoked or suspended in another license cause the same professional license in Virginia to be suspended?

Say the board snatched up your license, do you have the option to petition the board?

Yes. You are entitiled to a hearing not later than the next regular meetings of the board after the expiration of 60 days from the receipt of such application.

Health records are the property of whom?

The property of the health care entitiy maintaining them

Health care entities shall disclose health records to the individual who is the subject of the health record, True or false?

Shall health care records be removed from the premises of the health care entity maintining them?

No. They may not be removed without the approval of the health care entity that maintaining them. Except in accordance with a court order or subpoena.

No person to whom health records are disclosed shall redisclose or otherwise reveal the health records of an individual, beyond the purpose for which such disclosure was made, without first obtaining the individual's specific authorization to such redisclosure.

Two exceptions to the above, what are they?

(1) electronic communication relating to health insurance portability and accountability

(2) to qualified researchers who have de-identified patient records

When can healthcare entities disclose health records?

(1) individual authorizes release of information. Or, in the case of the minor, his/her parents authorize release of info or the minor authorizes it himself

(2) Subpoena

(3) Fee collection

(4) Testimony

(5) Serious threat to public health safety

(6) Health care entity needs to defend itself in court

(7) Sale of medical practice

(8) Substance abuse records

(9) executor of a will of the deceased

(10) hospital record reviews

(11) law enforcement when the individual is the victim of a crime

(12) law officials for identifying a suspect of a crime provided only the following information is released:

-name and address of the person

-date and place of birth of the person

-social security number of the person

-blood type of the person

-date and time of treatment received

-date & time of death of the person

-description of physical characteristics

-type of injury sustained by person

A health entity must respond to a request for copies of or acces electronic access to health records in how many days?

Can portions of a healthcare record be restricted by a physician?

Yes; if the treating physician beliefs revealing such information would harm others.

How many days does one have to file for the non-disclosure of one's medical records post subpoena?

If a subpoena for one's medical records was made. One has how many days to respond?

A pharmacist shall not solicit or foster prescription practice with a prescriber of drugs or any other person providing for rebates, "kickbacks," fee-splitting, or special charges in exchange for prescription orders unless __________________.

fully disclosed in writing to the patient and any third party payor.

A pharmacist can influence a patient's supplier of medications. True/false?

False. A pharmacist shall not interfere with the patient's right to choose his supplier of medication or cooperate with any persons in denying a patient the opportunity to select his supplier of prescribed medications.

A pharmacist engaging in relations with a patient has committed unproessional conduct?

Yes.

"Engaging or attemting to engage in a relationshiop wtih a patient that consititues a professional boundary violation in which the practitioner uses his professional position to take advantage of the vulnerability of a patient or his/her family et cetera"

Failing to maintain adequate safe guards against diversion of controlled substances is grounds for unprofessional conduct?

Failing to appropriately respond to a knwon dispensing error in a manner that protects the health and safety of the patient is grounds for unprofessional conduct?

Delegating a task within the practice of pharmacy to a person who is not adequately trained to perform such a task is ground for unprofessional conduct?

Failing by the ____ to ensure that pharmcy interns and pharmacy tecnhnicians working in the pharmacy are registered and that such registration is current is grounds for unprofessional activity?

PIC; Yes.