N.D. Admin. Code 61-03-04-02

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024

Section 61-03-04-02 - Requirements for continuing pharmaceutical education

1. Each pharmacist shall complete at least fifteen hours (1.5 c.e.u.) of approved continuing pharmaceutical education every year as a condition of renewal of a certificate of licensure as a pharmacist in the state of North Dakota.

2. There may be no carryover or extension of continuing education units with the exception that continuing education units obtained twelve months prior to the beginning of each annual reporting period which begins March first of each year and ends the last day of February, may be used in the current annual reporting period or the previous reporting period. However, they may not be counted as credit in both reporting periods. The failure to obtain the required fifteen hours of continuing education by the renewal date may result in a suspension for the minimum of thirty days or a maximum of the period ending the date the continuing education is completed.

3. Pharmacists shall maintain their own records . The records shall be maintained for a two-year period.

4. The requirements of this section do not apply to a pharmacist applying for a first renewal of a certificate of licensure.

5. A pharmacist holding a certificate of licensure from the board may make application to the board for a waiver of compliance with the continuing pharmaceutical education requirements and may be granted an exemption by the board. No pharmacist holding such an exemption may practice pharmacy in North Dakota until reinstated by the board after completing fifteen hours of continuing pharmaceutical education (one and one-half c.e.u.) during the year before reinstatement.

6. Upon request of the board, proof of compliance must be furnished to the board.

N.D. Admin Code 61-03-04-02

Effective April 1, 1986; amended effective January 1, 2005; January 1, 2010.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 374, October 2019, effective 10/1/2019.

General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10(12)(14), 43-15-25.1

Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-03, 43-15-10(12)(14), 43-15-25.1