This MPJE cheat sheet distills the federal pharmacy law that runs through every state's Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination into a printable quick reference of the rules examiners test most. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Pair it with the rest of your free MPJE toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
MPJE exam at a glance
- Questions: 120 total (100 scored + 20 unscored pretest)
- Time: 2.5 hours (150 minutes)
- Passing score: Scaled 75 on a 0–100 scale (reported pass/fail)
- Scope: State-specific: federal law plus one jurisdiction's pharmacy law
- Administered by: NABP, delivered at Pearson VUE test centers
- Cost: About $100 NABP application fee per jurisdiction (near $250 all-in; verify at nabp.pharmacy)
What’s on the MPJE cheat sheet
- Pharmacy Practice (~83%) — the dominant area — valid prescriptions, DEA schedules I–V, refills, partial fills and transfers, corresponding responsibility, OBRA-90 counseling and DUR, and generic substitution.
- Licensure, Registration & Operational Requirements (~15%) — DEA and state pharmacy registration, pharmacist licensure and continuing education, technician supervision, DEA order forms, and inventory and recordkeeping intervals.
- General Regulatory Processes (~2%) — board of pharmacy authority, inspections, disciplinary actions, and how pharmacy regulations are made and enforced.
How to use it in your final week
- Burn in the controlled-substance numbers first — no CII refills, up to 5 refills in 6 months for CIII–V, a 72-hour window to supply a Schedule II partial fill, and 7 days to deliver a written emergency CII prescription.
- Front-load Pharmacy Practice — it is roughly four-fifths of the MPJE, so the largest share of your cram time belongs to prescriptions, dispensing, corresponding responsibility, and OBRA-90 counseling.
- Read the sheet against your own state's rules side by side, marking every place your jurisdiction is stricter than the federal baseline — those gaps are where candidates lose the most points.
- Do a final pass the morning of the exam on the DEA form numbers (224/222/41/106) and the CMEA caps (3.6 g/day, 9 g/30 days), then confirm your pacing with a short timed practice set.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your MPJE practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
MPJE cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the MPJE cheat sheet downloads as a PDF at no cost and with no sign-up. It sits alongside Career Employer's free MPJE toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so you can review facts and then test yourself in one place.
It compresses the federal pharmacy law that runs through every state's MPJE — DEA schedules, valid-prescription and corresponding-responsibility rules, refill and partial-fill limits, the CMEA pseudoephedrine caps, DEA order forms, and inventory and recordkeeping intervals. The facts are grouped by the three NABP competency areas so your review tracks the exam's weighting.
No. The MPJE is state-specific, so each version layers one jurisdiction's statutes and board rules on top of the federal baseline the sheet captures. Use the sheet to lock in the federal core, then read your target state's pharmacy practice act for the state-specific questions.
It is built from NABP's current MPJE Competency Statements and the federal controlled-substance regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations, and we review it against those sources regularly. Because fees and policies change, always confirm the latest details at nabp.pharmacy before you apply.
Click the download button or the preview card near the top of this page and the PDF opens instantly — no email required. Bookmark the page so you can pull the sheet back up for a final pass the morning of your exam.
References
- 1.National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. “MPJE Exam | Pharmacy Law Exam.” nabp.pharmacy, 2026. ↑
- 2.National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. “MPJE Competency Statements.” nabp.pharmacy, 2026. ↑
- 3.U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. “Drug Scheduling.” dea.gov, 2026. ↑
- 4.Code of Federal Regulations. “21 CFR 1306.22 — Refilling of prescriptions.” ecfr.gov, 2026. ↑
- 5.U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. “Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005.” deadiversion.usdoj.gov, 2026. ↑
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