STATE BY STATE REQUIREMENT GUIDE
STATE
HOURS ALLOWED BY HOME-STUDY
TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED (NOTE: CE Rules can change. Always check your state board for the most up-to-date informa- tion.)
24 30 30 18 30 24 10 30 30
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado
30 6 hrs must be live each year.
30 All hours allowed by correspondence.
30 3 hours opioid-related; All hours allowed by correspondence. 30 12 hrs live drug therapy/patient care; 12 hrs ACPE approved. 30 1 hour cultural competency; All hours allowed by correspondence.
24 All hours allowed by correspondence.
Connecticut
15 1 hr of Pharmacy/Drug Law; not less than 5 hrs live presentation. 30 2 hours Medication Safety/Errors; 2 hours Controlled Substances. 40 2 hours HIV, 2 hours Medication/Dispensing Errors, 2 hours on cultural competency focused on patients or clients who identify as LGBTQ, 4 hours in designated public health priority topics. 30 2 hrs Prevention of Medical Errors; 2 hrs Validation of Prescriptions for Con- trolled Substances, 1 hr HIV first time renewal only.
Delaware District of Columbia
20
Florida
30 30 15 30 30 30 30 15
Georgia Hawaii
30 All hours allowed by correspondence. 30 All hours allowed by correspondence. 15 All hours allowed by correspondence.
Idaho Illinois
30 1 hour sexual harassment prevention, 1 hour implicit bias awareness, All hours allowed by correspondence.
Indiana
30 All hours allowed by correspondence.
Iowa
30 15 hrs ACPE-approved activities in Drug Therapy; 2 hrs Pharmacy Law; 2 hrs Dealing with Patient/Medication Safety can be ACPE approved or not. 30 1 hour Board-provided training, All hours allowed by correspondence. 15 1 hour opioid epidemic or opioid use disorder, All hours allowed by correspondence. 15 Either 15 hours each year, 3 hours must be live OR 20 hours each year if no live hours taken. All other hours may be completed by correspondence.
Kansas
Kentucky
12
Louisiana
15 28 30 20 30 13 30 10 30 29 10 20
Maine
15 2 hrs ACPE/board-approved Drug Administration. 30 1 hr Preventing Medication Errors; 2 hrs live. 40 4 hrs Pharmacy Law per biennium; 15 hours live each year.
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
30 1 hour Pain Management, 1 hour Pharmacy Ethics and Law, 1 hour Implicit Bias training each year (in addition to required 30 hours), 10 hours must be live.
Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska
30 All hours allowed by correspondence.
15 2 hours opioid abuse and prevention, 2 hours must be obtained by live seminar or webcast.
30 All hours allowed by correspondence. 15 5 hrs in approved group setting. 30 All hours allowed by correspondence.
Nevada
30 1 hour Law through a Board-provided program or by attending a full day of a board meeting, All other hours allowed by correspondence.
New Hampshire
30 10 hours must be earned in a live setting.
New Jersey
30 3 hours in pharmacy law, 1 hour in opioid drug topics, 10 hours must be earned in a live setting.
NOTE: CE Rules can change. Always check your state board for the most up-to-date information.
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Book code: RPUS3021C
PHARMACY CONTINUING EDUCATION
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