Pennsylvania Pharmacy Professionals CE Requirements | ContinuingEducation.com

EXPIRATION	ACCEPTED CEUs	HOURS
LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
EXPIRATION
Due Date Sep 30 Due Every 2 years Due Based On Even Years	ACPE - American Council on Pharmacy Education	Hours Required 30 Max Online Hours 30
ACCEPTED CEUs
ACPE - American Council on Pharmacy Education
HOURS
Hours Required 30 Max Online Hours 30

REQUIRED TOPICS	HOURS	FREQUENCY
REQUIRED TOPICS
Child Abuse and Maltreatment All persons applying for the renewal of a license or certification issued by the licensing board to submit documentation acceptable to the licensing board of the completion of at least two hours of approved continuing education per licensure cycle. Continuing education shall address, but shall not be limited to, recognition of the signs of child abuse and the reporting requirements for suspected child abuse in this Commonwealth. Continuing education curricula shall be approved by the licensing board in consultation with the department. The two hours of continuing education on child abuse recognition and reporting shall be completed by each licensee as a portion of the total continuing education required for biennial license renewal.	2	3 years
HOURS 2	FREQUENCY 3 years
Pain Management To renew a license to practice pharmacy for the next renewal period, Section 9.1(a)(2) of ABC-MAP requires that all pharmacists complete at least two hours of continuing education in pain management, the identification of addiction or in the practices of prescribing or dispensing of opioids. The continuing education requirements of ABC-MAP will count towards the total number of hours of continuing education required for renewal. This two-hour requirement needs to be completed only once per renewal period. This continuing education must be taken from a Board-approved continuing education provider in accordance with Section 27.32 of the Board’s regulations and its completion attested to when applying for renewal.	2	2 years
HOURS 2	FREQUENCY 2 years
Patient Safety/Medical Errors and Prevention Related to safe administration of injectable medications, biologicals and immunizations to persons who are more than eighteen years of age and influenza immunizations by injectable or needlefree delivery methods to persons nine years of age and older.	2	2 years
HOURS 2	FREQUENCY 2 years
Profession Specific at least 2 of the required 30 hours must concern the administration of injectable medications, biologicals and immunizations, including, but not limited to, disease epidemiology, vaccine characteristics, injection technique, emergency response to adverse events and related topics.	2	2 years
HOURS 2	FREQUENCY 2 years

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