Arizona Administrative Code
Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 23 - BOARD OF PHARMACY
Article 2 - PHARMACIST LICENSURE
Section R4-23-204 - Continuing Education Requirements
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 4-23-204
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. Under A.R.S. § 32-1936, continuing professional pharmacy education is mandatory for all licensees.
1. General continuing education requirement.
In accordance with A.R.S. § 32-1925(F), the Board shall not renew a
license unless the licensee has, during the two years preceding the application
for renewal, participated in 30 contact hours (3.0 CEUs) of continuing
education activity sponsored by an Approved Provider as defined in
R4-23-110.
2. Special continuing
education requirement. The Board shall not renew a license unless:
a. A licensee certified under R4-23-411 to
administer immunizations, vaccines, and emergency medications has participated
in at least two contact hours of continuing education activity related to
administering immunizations, vaccines, and emergency medications;
b. A licensee authorized to dispense
controlled substances has participated in at least three contact hours of
opioid-related, substance use disorder-related, or addiction-related continuing
education activity; and
c. A
licensee who dispenses self-administered hormonal contraceptives under a
standing prescription order has participated in at least three contact hours of
continuing education activity related to self-administered hormonal
contraceptives.
3. A
pharmacist is exempt from the continuing education requirement in subsections
(A)(1) and (2) between the time of initial licensure and first
renewal.
B. Acceptance of continuing education units CEUs. The Board shall:
1. Accept CEUs for continuing education
activities sponsored only by an Approved Provider;
2. Accept CEUs accrued only during the
two-year period immediately before licensure renewal;
3. Not allow CEUs accrued in a biennial
renewal period to be carried forward to the succeeding biennial renewal
period;
4. Allow a pharmacist who
leads, instructs, or lectures to a group of health professionals on
pharmacy-related topics in a continuing education activity sponsored by an
Approved Provider to receive CEUs for a presentation by following the same
attendance procedures as any other attender of the continuing education
activity; and
5. Not accept as CEUs
the performance of normal teaching duties within a learning institution by a
pharmacist whose primary responsibility is the education of health
professionals.
C. Continuing education records and reporting CEUs. A pharmacist shall:
1. Maintain continuing education records
that:
a. Verify the continuing education
activities the pharmacist participated in during the preceding five years;
and
b. Consist of a statement of
credit or a certificate issued by an Approved Provider at the conclusion of a
continuing education activity;
2. At the time of licensure renewal, attest
to the number of CEUs the pharmacist participated in during the renewal period
on the biennial renewal form; and
3. When requested by the Board office, submit
proof of continuing education participation within 20 days of the
request.
D. The Board may revoke, suspend, or place on probation the license of a pharmacist who fails to comply with continuing education participation, recording, or reporting requirements of this Section.
E. A pharmacist who is aggrieved by any decision of the Board or its administrative staff concerning continuing education units may request a hearing before the Board.
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