Ariz. Admin. Code § 4-23-1106

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 25, June 21, 2024

Section R4-23-1106 - Continuing Education Requirements

A. General. According to A.R.S. § 32-1925(H), the Board shall not renew a pharmacy technician license unless the licensee has during the two years preceding the application for renewal:

1. Participated in 20 contact hours or two CEUs of continuing education activity sponsored by an Approved Provider, as defined in R4-23-110, and

2. A pharmacy technician licensee is exempt from the continuing education requirement in subsection (A)(1) between the time of initial licensure and first renewal.

B. Valid CEUs. The Board shall:

1. Accept CEUs for continuing education activities sponsored only by an Approved Provider;

2. Accept CEUs accrued during only the two-year period immediately before licensure renewal;

3. Not allow CEUs accrued in a biennial renewal period to be carried forward to the succeeding biennial renewal period;

4. Allow a pharmacy technician who leads, instructs, or lectures to a group of health professionals on pharmacy-related topics in a continuing education activity sponsored by an Approved Provider to receive CEUs for a presentation by following the same attendance procedures as any other attendee of the continuing education activity; and

5. Not accept as a CEU a pharmacy technician's normal teaching duties within a learning institution if the pharmacy technician's primary responsibility is the education of health professionals.

C. Continuing education records and reporting CEUs. A pharmacy technician shall:

1. Maintain continuing education records that:

a. Verify the continuing education activities the pharmacy technician participated in during the preceding five years; and

b. Consist of a statement of credit or a certificate issued by an Approved Provider at the conclusion of a continuing education activity;

2. At the time of licensure renewal, attest to the number of CEUs the pharmacy technician participated in during the renewal period on the biennial renewal form; and

3. When requested by the Board office, submit proof of continuing education participation within 20 days of the request.

D. The Board shall deem a pharmacy technician's failure to comply with the continuing education participation, recording, or reporting requirements of this Section as unprofessional conduct and grounds for disciplinary action by the Board under A.R.S. § 32-1927.01.

E. A pharmacy technician who is aggrieved by any decision of the Board concerning continuing education units may request a hearing before the Board.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-23-1106

New Section made by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 1105, effective April 30, 2005 (Supp. 05-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 223, effective 3/14/2020.

Amended by emergency rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 1196, effective 5/4/2023.