| State |
Term |
CE Requirements
(contact hours) |
Requirements for "Live" Hours |
| Alabama |
1 |
Pharmacists shall obtain no less than 15 hours of approved
continuing (CE) |
3 |
|
Alaska |
2 |
30 hours of continuing education accepted by the board |
0 |
| Arizona |
2 |
30 contact hours (3.0 CEU's) of continuing education activity
sponsored by an Approved Provider, of which at least three contact hours
(0.3CEU's) are approved courses in pharmacy law. |
0 |
| Arkansas |
2 |
Thirty (30) hours of continuing education every biennium. |
12 |
| California |
2 |
Pharmacists are required to have completed a total of 30 hours of
continuing education during the renewal period. If a CE course is not
accredited by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) or
the Accreditation Evaluation Service (AES), you may petition the board
for CE credit by submitting a "Pharmacists Petition for Continuing
Education Credit from A Non-Recognized Provider" form and a fee of $40
per hour of coursework. When submitting the petition, a copy of the
completion certificate and a copy of the course brochure or
advertisement and course outline is also required. |
0 |
|
Colorado |
2 |
24 hours of continuing pharmaceutical education currently approved
by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education or an equivalent
accrediting body as determined by the board. |
0 |
|
Connecticut |
1 |
15; At least one of the fifteen contact hours shall be on the
subject matter of pharmacy law or drug law. |
5 |
|
Delaware |
2 |
30 |
0 |
|
District of Columbia |
2 |
30 |
0 |
|
Florida |
2 |
30 hours of CE per biennium (two year licensure period), one (1)
hour board approved HIV/AIDS, and 2 hours Pharmaceutical Education on
medication errors per biennium (may be counted towards required CE
hours). 10 hours must be either live or interactive computer-based. |
10 |
|
Georgia |
2 |
30 |
0 |
| Guam |
1 |
15 contact hours or passing grade on an exam administered by the
Guam Board of Examiners for Pharmacy |
0 |
|
Hawaii |
2 |
30 beginning January 1, 2008 |
0 |
| Idaho |
1 |
15 contact hours; At a minimum, eight clock hours (0.8CEU) will be
all or a combination of American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE)
or Continuing Medical Education (CME) approved programs. One clock hour
(0.1 CEU) must be Board of Pharmacy approved jurisprudence (pharmacy
law) programs. A maximum of six clock hours (0.6 CEU) may be non-APCE
approved programs. |
3 |
|
Illinois |
2 |
30 |
0 |
| Indiana |
2 |
30; A maximum of one-fifth (1/5) of the total hours may be business,
management, or computer courses. At least four-fifths (4/5) of the total
hours must be pharmacy practice related. least one-half (1/2) of the
total hours must be provided by sponsors approved by ACPE |
0 |
| Iowa |
2 |
30; 15 hours must be in drug-therapy coursework. Drug therapy
courses are identifiable by the ACPE program number. The final two
characters of a drug therapy course ID number will be "01." |
0 |
| Kansas |
2 |
30 |
0 |
| Kentucky |
2 |
15 hours of general pharmacy continuing education completed and
certified by December 31, Pharmacists must submit CE list with their
annual renewal. All courses and/or providers shall be Kentucky Board of
Pharmacy or American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE)
approved. A 1 hour HIV/AIDS course must be taken at least once every 10
years. |
0 |
| Louisiana |
1 |
15 hours of ACPE-approved education. 3 hours must be live or an
additional 5 hours of non-live is required. |
3 |
|
Maine |
1 |
15 hours of board approved continuing education is required with
renewal. |
0 |
|
Maryland |
2 |
30 |
0 |
|
Massachusetts |
2 |
30; A registrant seeking renewal of a personal registration must
complete a minimum of 1.5 CEUs (15 contact hours) each calendar year of
the two-year renewal cycle. Of the 15 contact hours, at least two
contact hours shall be in the area of pharmacy law; and not more than
ten contact hours shall be acquired through home study or
correspondence. |
10 |
|
Michigan |
2 |
30 |
0 |
| Minnesota |
2 |
30 |
0 |
| Mississippi |
2 |
30 |
0 |
|
Missouri |
2 |
30 contact hours per biennium; no carry over is allowed |
0 |
|
Montana |
1 |
15 CEU's required each renewal period.5 of the 15 CEU must be
contact/group hours. 1st renewal period after original licensure is
exempt from reporting of Continuing Education. |
5 |
|
Nebraska |
2 |
30 hours of ACPE-approved continuing education required for each
renewal period (no restrictions on home study versus live) |
0 |
|
Nevada |
2 |
30; 1 hour on pharmacy law is required. |
0 |
| New Hampshire |
1 |
15; carry over is not allowed |
5 |
|
New Jersey |
2 |
30; 3 hours on pharmacy law, applicable to practice
in NJ is required. |
0 |
| New
Mexico |
2 |
30 contact hours for license renewal including (2)hours in the
subject area pharmacy law by attending a Board of Pharmacy law program.
Pharmacists with an active license, who do not practice pharmacy in this
state, may substitute an ACPE accredited program in the subject area
Pharmacy Law in lieu of attending a Board approved program in New
Mexico. |
0 |
| New York |
3 |
A minimum of 45 contact hours is required in each three-year
registration period, at least 3 of the required hours must be formal
continuing education on strategies and techniques to reduce medication
and prescription errors. |
23 |
| North
Carolina |
1 |
15; 8 of these hours must be "contact" activities. Online activities
can be considered "contact" if two-way communication between faculty and
attendee is available. |
8 |
|
North Dakota |
2 |
30. There may be no carryover or extension of continuing education
units with the exception that continuing education units obtained twelve
months prior to the end of each two-year reporting period may be used in
that two-year reporting period or the following reporting period. |
0 |
| Ohio |
3 |
60 contact hours (6 CEUs) of approved continuing education shall be
submitted by the date indicated on the continuing pharmacy education
report form and at intervals not to exceed three years. At least 0.3
CEUs of the total must be obtained from Ohio state board of pharmacy
approved programs in jurisprudence. |
0 |
| Oklahoma |
1 |
15 |
0 |
| Oregon |
1 |
15; minimum of one hour must be completed in the area of pharmacy or
drug law or legal aspects of health care. 11 hours must be in
therapeutics. There is a one-time requirement of 7 hours in pain
management. |
0 |
|
Pennsylvania |
2 |
30; For licensees with the authority to administer
injectable medications, biologicals or immunications, 2 hours are
required in the administration of injectables including disease
epidemiology, vaccine characteristics, injection technique, emergency
responses to adverse events and related topics |
0 |
|
Rhode Island |
1 |
15 |
5 |
|
South Carolina |
1 |
15; At least fifty percent of the total number of hours required
must be in drug therapy or patient management. |
6 |
| South
Dakota |
1 |
12 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
2 |
30 |
15 |
| Texas |
2 |
30 |
0 |
|
Utah |
2 |
30; minimum of 15 hours in drug therapy or patient management and 1
hour of laws & ethics. |
12 |
|
Vermont |
2 |
30 |
10 |
|
Virginia |
1 |
15 |
0 |
|
Washington |
1 |
15 |
0 |
| West Virginia |
2 |
30; 2 CE hours in end of life care. All acceptable programs will be
a minimum of two hours with time allotted evenly between palliative care
and chronic pain management and symptoms management at end-of-life.Programs
must be submitted to the Board's continuing education committee for
approval and assignment of a number in this special subject matter. All
pharmacists registered as consultants must have 3 hours of CE in
consulting practice each year. Program must be submitted to Board for
approval and assignment of number. |
6 |
|
Wisconsin |
2 |
30 |
0 |
| Wyoming |
1 |
12 |
0 |