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A patient comes to your pharmacy and presents the following prescription. The prescription reads:

Metoprolol 50 mg
1 tab po b.i.d. qty: 120
Refill: 3 times
 
Which of the following is TRUE?
 
a. Shall not fill more than 60 tablets.
b. Shall fill 120 tablets as indicated.
c. Shall not fill more than 360 tablets in a single filling.
d. Shall only fill 30 tablets.
Answer: Shall not fill more than 60 tablets, [California Pharmacy Law Chapter 4000 Section 4064.5]. 
A pharmacist may dispense not more than a 90-day supply of a dangerous drug other than a controlled substance pursuant to a valid prescription that specifies an initial quantity of less than a 90-day supply followed by periodic refills of that amount if all of the following requirements are satisfied:
 
(1). The patient has completed an initial 30-day supply of the dangerous drug. 
 
(2). The total quantity of dosage units dispensed does not exceed the total quantity of dosage units authorized by the prescriber on the prescription, including refills. 
 
(3). The prescriber has not specified on the prescription that dispensing the prescription in an initial amount followed by periodic refills is medically necessary.
 
(4). The pharmacist is exercising his or her professional judgment. 
 
(b). For purposes of this section, if the prescription continues the same medication as previously dispensed in a 90-day supply, the initial 30-day supply under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) is not required.
 
(c). A pharmacist dispensing an increased supply of a dangerous drug pursuant to this section shall notify the prescriber of the increase in the quantity of dosage units dispensed.