R156-17b-309. Continuing Education

  In accordance with Section 58-17b-310 and Subsections 58-1-203(1)(g) and 58-1-308(3)(b), the continuing education (CE) requirements for renewal or reinstatement of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician license for each two-year renewal cycle are established as follows:

  (1) A pharmacist shall complete at least 30 CE hours, which shall include at minimum:

  (a) 12 hours of live or technology-enabled participation in lectures, seminars, or workshops;

  (b) 15 hours of disease state management/drug therapy, AIDS/HIV therapy, or patient safety;

  (c) one hour of pharmacy law or ethics;

  (d) if providing immunization administration as defined in R156-17b-621, two hours in immunization or vaccine-related topics;

  (e) if providing administration of long-acting injectable drug therapy as defined in Section R156-17b-621a, two hours in topics related to long-acting injectables; and

  (f) if dispensing a self-administered hormonal contraceptive in accordance with Title 26, Chapter 62, Family Planning Access Act, two hours in topics related to hormonal contraceptive therapy.

  (2)(a) A pharmacy technician shall complete at least 20 CE hours, which shall include at minimum:

  (i) six hours of live or technology-enabled participation at lectures, seminars, or workshops; and

  (ii) one hour of pharmacy law or ethics.

  (c) Current PTCB or ExCPT certification shall fulfill all CE requirements for a pharmacy technician.

  (3)(a) If a licensee first becomes licensed during the two-year renewal cycle, the licensee's required number of CE hours shall be decreased proportionately according to the date of licensure.

  (b) The Division may defer or waive CE requirements as provided in Section R156-1-308d.

  (4) CE credit shall be recognized as follows:

  (a) One live CE hour for attending one Utah State Board of Pharmacy meeting, up to a maximum of two CE hours during each two-year period. These hours may count as "pharmacy law or ethics" hours.

  (b) Two CE hours for each hour of lecturing or instructing a CE course or teaching in the licensee's profession, up to a maximum of ten CE hours during each two-year period. The licensee shall document the course's content and intended audience (e.g., pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy interns, physicians, nurses). Public service programs, such as presentations to schoolchildren or service clubs, are not eligible for CE credit.

  (c) All CE shall be approved by, conducted by, or under the sponsorship of one of the following:

  (i) institutes, seminars, lectures, conferences, workshops, various forms of mediated instruction, and programmed learning courses, presented by an ACPE-approved institution, individual, organization, association, corporation, or agency;

  (ii) programs approved by health-related CE approval organizations, provided the CE is nationally recognized by a healthcare accrediting agency and is related to the practice of pharmacy;

  (iii) Division training or educational presentations;

  (iv) educational meetings that meet ACPE criteria and are sponsored by the Utah Pharmacy Association, the Utah Society of Health-System Pharmacists, or other professional organization or association; and

  (v) for pharmacists, programs of certification by qualified individuals, such as certified diabetes educator credentials, board certification in advanced therapeutic disease management or other certification as approved by the Division in collaboration with the Board.

  (5) A licensee shall maintain documentation sufficient to prove compliance with this section, for a period of four years after the end of the renewal cycle for which the CE is due, by:

  (a) maintaining registration with the NABP e-Profile CPE Monitor plan or the NABP CPE Monitor Plus plan; and

  (b) maintaining a certificate of completion or other adequate documentation for any CE that cannot be tracked by the licensee's NABP plan.