Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 25, June 21, 2024
Section 15-3-2 - Definitions2.1. "Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education" ("ACPE") means the national accreditation organization for continuing pharmacy education.2.2. "Chronic Pain" means pain that has persisted after reasonable medical efforts have been made to relieve the pain or cure its cause and that has continued, either continuously or episodically, for longer than three continuous months. For purposes of this rule, "chronic pain" does not include pain associated with a terminal condition or illness, or with a progressive disease that, in the normal course of progression, may reasonably be expected to result in a terminal condition or illness.2.3. "Continuing Pharmacy Education" ("CPE") means planned and accredited learning experiences beyond a formal degree program designed to promote the continual development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes on the part of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician which promotes problem-solving and critical thinking and is applicable to the practice of pharmacy.2.4. "Continuing Pharmacy Education Committee" ("CPE Committee") means that committee appointed by the board responsible for approval of the content of each CPE activity, which is not otherwise automatically approved by this rule for CPE credit, offered by a non-accredited ACPE provider of CPE.2.5. "Continuing Pharmacy Education Coordinator" ("CPE Coordinator") means that individual or organization who may be retained by the board for the purpose of coordinating CPE activities and licensure renewal requirements.2.6. "Continuing Pharmacy Education Hour" ("CPE Hour") means one hour of participation in a board accredited continuing pharmacy education activity under responsible providership, capable direction and qualified instruction. For the purposes of this definition, an hour equals sixty minutes of participation and represents 1.0 continuing pharmacy education contact hour, but Continuing Pharmacy Education activities of less than one hour may be approved as Continuing Pharmacy Education activities in fifteen-minute increments worth one quarter contact hour per fifteen-minute period.2.7. "Continuing Pharmacy Education Number" (Number) means either the ACPE number or board-issued CPE number assigned to identify each approved activity.2.8. "Continuing Pharmacy Education Provider" (Provider) means an institution, organization, agency, corporation, company, or individual approved by the board for the purpose of direct provision of continuing pharmacy education activities.2.9. "CPE Monitor" means the electronic CPE monitor created and maintained through the collaborative efforts of National Association of Boards of Pharmacy the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to permit CPE providers, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians to electronically keep track of CPE credits earned from CPE providers, by acting as a repository of this information maintained on licensees' behalf and reported by NABP to state boards of pharmacy which request verification of CPE.2.10. "Reporting Period" means the two-year licensure period beginning on July 1 of a given year through June 30 two years later which coincides with the licensee's renewal period.2.11. "West Virginia Pharmacists Association" (Association) means a statewide professional organization whose members are current or former pharmacists duly licensed by the board.2.12. "West Virginia Society of Health System Pharmacists" means a statewide professional organization representing the interests of current and former pharmacists duly licensed by the board who practice in hospitals, health maintenance organizations, long-term care facilities, home care, and other components of health care systems.