Alabama Administrative Code › Title 680 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Chapter 680-X-2 - PRACTICE OF PHARMACY › Section 680-X-2-.37 - Continuing Education For Pharmacy Technicians

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Pharmacy technicians shall complete six
			 (6) hours of continuing education within the renewal period, as a condition of
			 registration renewal. By submitting the biennial renewal, a pharmacy technician
			 is representing their compliance with this requirement by the end of the
			 relevant renewal cycle.
(2) Section
			 (1) shall not apply to pharmacy technicians applying for the first renewal of
			 their registration. If a pharmacy technician has only been registered for one
			 full calendar year, they shall complete three (3) hours of continuing education
			 for the first renewal of their registration. If a pharmacy technician has been
			 registered for less than one full calendar year, no continuing education is
			 required for the first renewal of their registration.
(3) In order to receive credit for continuing
			 education, the continuing education shall be previously approved by the Board.
			 Any requests for approval of continuing education shall be submitted to the
			 Board no less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to offering of the
			 continuing education. A condition of approval shall be that the continuing
			 education is pertinent to the practice of pharmacy. However, this requirement
			 shall not apply to ACPE approved continuing education courses for which a
			 program number is available.
(4)
			 Continuing education may be completed by either attendance or by distance-based
			 program, video or by publications; however, a pharmacy technician must complete
			 at least two (2) hours of live continuing education within each renewal cycle.
			 If a pharmacy technician has only been registered for one full calendar year,
			 they shall complete at least one (1) hour of live continuing
			 education.
(5) It is the
			 responsibility of each pharmacy technician to maintain accurate records
			 relating to all continuing education courses they have completed for a period
			 of two (2) years. This information shall be submitted to the Board of Pharmacy
			 within thirty (30) calendar days after a request for the same by the
			 Board.
(6) The Board of Pharmacy
			 shall randomly audit the continuing education documentation to assure
			 compliance with these rules. Failure to maintain the documentation or
			 information set forth in these rules, the submission of false or misleading
			 information or documentation to the Board of Pharmacy, or failure to submit
			 requested documentation or information within the time specified by the Board
			 may subject the pharmacy technician, on the first violation to a
			 non-disciplinary administrative penalty authorized by
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, §
								34-23-33 an amount not less than twenty five dollars
			 ($25.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) as determined by the
			 Board.
(7) Upon written request to
			 the Board of Pharmacy, and upon the demonstration of sufficient cause, the
			 Board of Pharmacy may grant a waiver or extension of time for the completion of
			 the requirements for continuing education as set forth herein. The pharmacy
			 technician who seeks such a waiver or extension shall submit to the Board of
			 Pharmacy any documentation required by the Board which the Board deems
			 appropriate.
(8) Any pharmacy
			 technician who allows their registration to lapse for a minimum of one (1)
			 calendar year but not more than five (5) calendar years, shall be required as a
			 condition for reinstatement to provide documentation of their completion of
			 three (3) hours of continuing education in the manner described above for each
			 lapsed calendar year. If a registration is lapsed for more than five (5)
			 calendar years, the Board may require as a condition for reinstatement any
			 amount of continuing education deemed appropriate.
Author:
Alabama State Board of Pharmacy
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										34-23-131.