Kansas Adopts Uniform MPJE for Pharmacist Licensure

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Vol. 45 | Issue 1 | January 2026 What’s Inside:

Kansas Adopts the Uniform Multistate Jurisprudence Examination

At their meeting on December 3, 2025, the Kansas Board of Pharmacy approved the new uniform

version of the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE ) to satisfy the jurisprudence ® ® examination requirement for pharmacist licensure.

New Graduates: Beginning April 1, 2026, graduates from Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education-

accredited programs as well as foreign-educated pharmacists who have earned their Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee™ (FPGEC ) certification pursuing licensure in the jurisdiction of Kansas ® will be required to pass both the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination and the Uniform ® MPJE™. Graduates may continue to elect to take the Kansas MPJE until it is discontinued at the end of

2026.

License Transfer: Beginning April 1, 2026, licensed pharmacists seeking licensure in Kansas will be

required to pass the Uniform MPJE™ and submit an Electronic Licensure Transfer Program application ® through NABP. License transfer applicants may continue to elect to take the Kansas MPJE until it is discontinued at the end of 2026. For additional information regarding the Uniform MPJE™ application process, visit the Examination section of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) website at https://nabp.pharmacy/programs/examinations/mpje/uniform-mpje/. Additionally, the Board has approved pharmacist interns for early administration of the Uniform MPJE™. Students who have completed the didactic portion of the PharmD curriculum may submit one (1) eligibility application to NABP for the Uniform MPJE™ prior to the start of their required Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs). NABP will communicate details to schools and students. 1 K-TRACS Sets 2026 Meeting Dates Continuing Education & Training Prescription Fills/Refills & Time Limits Opportunities - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - –

2026 Retail Dealer Renewals

Kansas Board of Pharmacy retail dealer permits expire February 28, 2026. Permits may be renewed either online or by mail from mid-January through February 28, 2026. For renewal instructions, visit https://www.pharmacy.ks.gov/licensing-registration/license-renewal

Automated Drug Delivery Renewals

Automated Drug Delivery System registration(s) will expire on February 28, 2026. Renewal applications will be emailed to the facility/PIC. Facilities that have timely submitted a completed renewal application are authorized to continue operating the ADDS. Updated registration certificates will be emailed when the renewal is approved.

Continuing Education and Training Opportunities

Beliefs, Attitudes, and Facts: Understanding Addiction

Wednesday, January 7, 2026; 8:30am – 4:30pm The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita

This is a free, one-day interactive experience with free continuing education credits available. After this workshop on exploring the impact of substance abuse, participants will:

• Gain an awareness of personal beliefs and attitudes towards addiction.
• Develop an understanding of how addiction can impact families.
• Increase knowledge of the physiological effects of alcohol and other drugs.
• Increase understanding of the impacts on individuals, families and communities. Complete online registration by January 2, 2025, at https://www.eeds.com/live/602699.

Curiosity in Care: Building Trust and Supporting Patients with Substance Use Disorder

• Wednesday, January 14, 2026
• Online via Zoom noon – 1pm
• 1 free credit hour of continuing education Learn more and enroll at https://www.pharmacy.ks.gov/home/showdocument?id=9682&t=639016451300784337. DCCCA is hosting training of trainer’s workshops for suicide prevention trainings. These workshops will prepare you to teach Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Gatekeeper Training, Counseling on Access to 2

Lethal Means (CALM), Suicide Prevention Training and Youth Mental Health First Aid. Priority will be given to participants who work or live in the following counties: Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson, Wyandotte. Read more and register at https://www.pharmacy.ks.gov/home/showdocument?id=9678&t=639016446271981854. Compliance Corner

 Prescription Fills/Refills and Time Limits

The inspectors have been receiving questions lately regarding prescription fills/refills and time limits.

• Does Kansas have a minimum amount of time that must elapse before a prescription can be
  refilled? For example, if a prescription should last 30 days, does the pharmacy have to wait to refill it until 80% of the medication is used? Or can a prescription for a controlled substance only be filled or refilled one or two days before the patient runs out of medication?

• The answer is no. Kansas does not have any statutes or regulations regarding minimum
  elapsed time before a prescription can be filled. The pharmacist is expected to decide if it is appropriate to fill or refill a prescription based on sound professional judgement and following internal facility policies and insurance contract guidelines.

• Does Kansas have a maximum amount of time between the issuing of a prescription and first fill
  or refills where the prescription would be deemed to be expired? For example, if a patient has a prescription for prn omeprazole that is presented for first fill 8 months after it was written, or if the patient went 10 months between refills, is the prescription still valid?

• The answer is there are no maximum time limits between fills of a prescription that
  would void the prescription. The prescription is still valid as long as it has refills and it has not expired.

 Pharmacy Technician Employment Reporting

K.S.A. 65-1663(g) “Every registered pharmacy technician, within 30 days of obtaining new employment or ceasing employment as a pharmacy technician, shall notify the secretary of the name and address of the new employer or cessation of employment.” If you haven’t notified us of your current employer, please do so right away! Registrants and licensees may report changes in employment through their account in the Kansas Board of Pharmacy License Portal at https://ksbop.elicensesoftware.com/portal_logon.aspx. Log on to the portal the same way you would log on to renew your license/registration. (Or sign up if you haven’t 3

already created an account.) Once logged on, select the option “Update Account/Employer Information” then click continue to be taken to a screen where employment and contact information may be edited. The board encourages all pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, and pharmacist interns to take a moment today to log on to your account, check your profile, and perform any updates needed to your employment and contact information.

 Tune in Next Time

The next issue of the Kansas Board of Pharmacy newsletter will be a CE-in-the-newsletter issue. Don’t forget to check out the March 2026 newsletter to get free (yes, FREE) ACPE-approved CE. This CE will provide 0.5 hours towards the one clock-hour of board-specified CE (and the overall 30 clock-hours of CE) required by K.A.R. 68-1-1(b) for a pharmacist’s license renewal. The course is available to both pharmacists and technicians for CE credit.

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K-TRACS Sets 2026 Meeting Dates

The 2026 K-TRACS Advisory Committee meeting dates are as follows. All meetings begin at 11:30am and can be joined virtually. For more information visit the K-TRACS website at https://www.ktracs.ks.gov/about/advisory- committee.

• January 9 • August 7
• March 6 • September 4
• May 1 • November 6 The Kansas Board of Pharmacy Newsletter is considered an official method of notification to licensees and registrants of the Board. Newsletters have been and will continue to be used as proof of formal notification in administrative hearings. Copies are retained on

the Board website at https://www.pharmacy.ks.gov/about-us/newsletters