Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 535 - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy › Chapter 10 - Pharmacists; and Interns, Preceptors and Training Areas › Subchapter 3 - Pharmacists › Section 535:10-3-4 - Uniform pharmacy continuing education

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Certification.
At the time of annual renewal of registration each
				pharmacist must certify that he has obtained at least 15 clock hours of
				continuing education credits through satisfactory completion of an accredited
				program during the previous calendar year (January 1 -December 31).
(b)
Verification forms.
Verification forms of attendance and/or completion of continuing education
				programs shall be obtained and maintained by the pharmacist.
(c)
Records.
Proof of continuing
				education will be maintained by the individual pharmacist for a period of two
				(2) years from renewal date and submitted to the Board only on
				request.
(d)
Post-Graduate
				school /Residency.
Pharmacists in post graduate school / residency will
				be allowed credit for the required fifteen (15) hours of continuing
				education.
(e)
Military
				personnel.
Military personnel will not be exempt from the continuing
				education requirement because of the availability of correspondence courses,
				etc.
(f)
Job credit.
No credit for continuing education will be granted for anything directly
				connected with the responsibilities and duties of a pharmacist, e. g., no
				credit will be given for Continuing Education (CE) while on duty.
(g)
Journals.
No credit will be
				allowed for reading, subscribing to or writing articles for various
				professional and trade journals.
(h)
Meetings.
Requests for
				approval of credit for individual meetings will be submitted to the Committee
				on Continuing Education by the individual pharmacist for review and
				decision.
(i)
Prior
				approval.
Prior approval of programs of continuing education shall be
				obtained by the program sponsor. Each program must be submitted in its
				entirety, including all materials, in order to be evaluated by the Continuing
				Education Committee. Continuing education programs sponsored by various drug
				companies may be acceptable, if the programs are continuing education oriented
				and not promotional or product oriented.
(j)
Approved programs notice.
Programs approved for credit by the Continuing Education Committee and the
				Board will be published on the Board's webpage as these programs are
				approved.
(k)
Colleges of
				pharmacy.
The two State colleges of pharmacy may review the various
				continuing education programs and make recommendations to the Continuing
				Education Committee.
(l)
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).
The Board
				Continuing Education Committee accepts all ACPE approved continuing education
				programs (CE) for CE credit. Do not re-submit ACPE CE.
(m)
Continuing Education
				Committee.
The Continuing Education Committee will consist of up to six
				(6) pharmacist members appointed by the Board for a three (3) year minimum
				term. The committee will meet quarterly or as needed.
(n)
Live Continuing education
				recommended.
Pharmacists are encouraged to attain three (3) hours or
				more of live continuing education (CE) each year as part of the fifteen (15)
				hours required. Live CE is attained in the presence of other pharmacists with a
				presenter and the possibility of interaction with a peer group. Webinars are
				considered live CE if the pharmacist can ask questions and get answers from the
				presenter(s) or the moderator during the webinar.
(o)
Specific Continuing Education
				requirement.
The Board may, at its discretion, require up to three (3)
				hours of continuing education on a specific topic. Adequate notice shall be
				provided to registrants of any specific continuing education when required by
				the Board.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
				  3167, eff 6-25-93; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 3425, eff 6-27-94; Amended at 14 Ok Reg
				  3020, eff 7-11-97; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1793, eff 7-1-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg
				  2473, eff 7-11-03; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2271, eff
				  7-1-09