Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 070 - Board of Pharmacy
Rule 070.00.98-005 - Regulation 32 - Continuing Education
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 070.00.98-005
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
32. CONTINUING EDUCATION
I. Arkansas Tripartite Committee on
Continuing Pharmacy Education:
A. The Arkansas
Tripartite Committee on Continuing Pharmacy Education, hereinafter referred to
as the Committee, is established to .maintain! professional competence through
continuing education. The Committee shall consist of the Executive Director of
the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, the Dean of the University of Arkansas
College of Pharmacy, and the Executive Vice President of the Arkansas
Pharmacists Association or the designated representatives of these
individuals.
B. The general areas
of responsibility for the Committee shall be following:
1. Plan and coordinate continuing education
opportunities.
2. Promote research
in continuing pharmacy education.
3. Develop information and record systems,
pertaining to the participation of pharmacists licensed in the state of
Arkansas, in continuing education.
4. Make recommendations to the Arkansas State
Board of Pharmacy concerning Continuing Education Regulations.
C. The Committee will meet
periodically review and recommend changes in the criteria by which the
continuing education will be approved and to accomplish the above
responsibilities.
D. The Executive
Director of the Board of Pharmacy will carry out approval of continuing
education according to the guidelines below.
E. The Executive Director of the Board of
Pharmacy will act as Chairman of the Committee.
II. ACCREDITATION GUIDELINES:
A. GUIDELINES
1. The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) shall
be the basis for accreditation of offerings within the state. 1 CEU is defined
as 1 contact hour.
2. The Board of
Pharmacy will accredit Intrastate and interstate C.E. offerings that have been
reviewed by an appropriate national agency.
3. Continuing Education programs shall be
accredited for the total length of the program.
4. Credit shall not be allowed for:
a. "Banquet" meetings with no educational
program.
b. Unstructured
demonstrations.
c. Unstructured
questions and answers session.
5. Credit (hour for hour) shall be allowed
for:
a. Speakers.
b. Panels.
c. Structured discussions, workshops, and
demonstrations.
d. Structured
questions and answers sessions.
6. Keynote speakers and topics will be
accredited on an individual basis.
7. The Committee reserves the right for
members or designees to review programs in operation.
B. ACCREDITATION MECHANISM
1. Members of the Committee shall be
responsible for reviewing and recommending changes in the criteria for the
accreditation of C.E. offerings.
2.
In the temporary absence of a designated Committee member, a designated
representative may review and offer recommendations for establishing and
reviewing the criteria for the accreditation of C.E. offerings.
3. The Executive Director of the Board of
Pharmacy shall review all programs within 10 days of receipt of request for
accreditation.
4. All requests for
accreditation must be received, in writing, in the Board of Pharmacy office at
least 15 days before the offering is to occur.
C. REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCREDITATION
1. The organization shall have completed the
appropriate program requirements. (See D below.)
2. The organization shall have the proper
personnel to plan and produce educational programs.
3. The organization and personnel presenting
the offering shall be qualified in the area of the presentation.
4. The organization shall provide the proper
administrative facilities, provide the proper physical facilities, and have the
financial resources for the production of educational programs.
D. PROGRAM CRITERIA FOR
ACCREDITATION
1. The program criteria shall be
appropriate to meet the needs of the pharmacist.
2. Beginning and ending times for each
section of "Live" programs must be indicated.
3. A description of the program content shall
accompany the request for accreditation and must be evaluated prior to its
presentation.
4. The program
description, which is presented for accreditation, shall have a statement of
objectives and goals.
5. The
program outline shall indicate how performance and effectiveness by the
pharmacist will be measured.
a. Live programs
in themselves; shall be acceptable for accreditation.
b. Audiovisual and correspondence programs
shall require a live moderator or testing procedure.
6. The program shall allow the pharmacist a
method to evaluate the presentation.
7. The program shall demonstrate a quality
educational process.
a. Appropriate handout
materials will be used with live presentations and correspondence
courses.
b. Appropriate audiovisual
materials will be used with audiovisual presentations and correspondence
courses when necessary.
8. The program administrator shall present
accreditation certificates to pharmacists, who satisfy requirements of the
program. The application for approval shall specify how the accreditation
certificates will be presented to participants.
9. The Executive Director of the Board of
Pharmacy must approve changes in the date, starting time, or duration, of the
program being presented, if said changes are made after initial
accreditation.
10. Changes in
speakers are acceptable if the quality of the program being presented is not
diminished.
11. The Executive
Director of the Board of Pharmacy must receive any changes in topics to be
presented at least seven (7) days before the program is to be
presented.
12. The organization
presenting a C.E. program must provide reasonable notification to potential
participants of any changes in, date, time, or duration of the program; changes
in speakers; or changes in topics to be presented.
E. Programs sponsored and conducted by local
pharmacists associations, will be accredited provided that the programs meet
the criteria outlined in Section
II C
& D of these guidelines in addition to the following procedures.
1. The program shall be structured and shall
be offered to all pharmacists who are members of the local
association.
2. Each program shall
be a minimum of one hour in length.
3. The local pharmacists association shall
provide a method of registration and verification of attendance as outlined in
II D. above.
III. IMPLEMENTION OF PHARMACY CONTINUING
EDUCATION
A. The Board of Pharmacy adopts the
accreditation guidelines set out by the Arkansas Tripartite Committee on
Continuing Pharmacy Education for establishment of acceptable continuing
education.
B. Thirty (30) hours of
Continuing Education are required for the two (2)-year period 1997-1998.
Effective January 1, 1999 the Board establishes the following Continuing
Education (CE) requirements:
1. 15 hours of
C.E. each calendar year.
2. A
minimum of nine (9) of the fifteen (15) C.E. hours must be live contact hours
as defined by the Committee. A minimum of six (6) of the nine (9) live contact
hours must be concerning drug therapy or patient management. No more than six
(6) hours of Continuing Education-in any year-may be obtained by attending any
government Board Meeting; attending any Association Board Meeting; or answering
questions from periodicals, audiotapes, videotapes, cable television, computer
assisted instruction, or monographs.
C. The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy will
accept C.E. credits, approved by State Boards of Pharmacy in other states,
toward licensure as a pharmacist in Arkansas provided that there is a
reciprocal arrangement and that the requirements of III.B. are met.
D. Pharmacists are required to retain
certificates of participation in Continuing Education for a period of two years
and to certify completion of the required C.E., on a form furnished by the
Board of Pharmacy with the annual license renewal forms. The pharmacist must
present certificates of participation to any representative of the Board of
Pharmacy if requested to do so.
E.
Pharmacists who wish to retain their license, but do not want to meet the
annual Continuing Education requirements, may go on inactive pharmacist status
for an indefinite period. To reestablish active status and return to practice
in Arkansas, a pharmacist must acquire half of the continuing education hours
missed plus the continuing education hours for the current licensure year up to
60 hours. If the pharmacist has been on inactive status with regard to C.E. for
two (2) calendar years or more and has not been actively practicing pharmacy in
another state, said pharmacist shall also comply with all requirements in
Regulation 53.
F. A licensed
pharmacist may satisfy the continuing education requirement, as described in
item III B., by completing one or more programs in disease state management
that has been approved by the Executive Director of the Arkansas State Board of
Pharmacy. The program must document, by examination, the possession of related
competency expectations adopted by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy. Said
program would satisfy the continuing education requirement for the year in
which the program is completed and the following year.
G. A licensed pharmacist, who has
satisfactorily completed a Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification
and received approval by the Board of Pharmacy, may receive credit for
continuing education for the year in which the program is completed and the
following year. 10/09/80 (Revised 4/07/89,04/30/93 and 6/98)
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