247 CMR, § 4.03 - Continuing Education Requirement
(1) As
set forth by M.G.L. c. 112, § 24A, each registered pharmacist seeking
personal registration renewal shall complete continuing education as a
condition precedent to such renewal.
(2) No registrant shall be eligible for
renewal of a personal registration without completion of the requisite number
of contact hours of continuing education for such renewal.
(3) A registrant seeking renewal of a
personal registration shall submit to the Board with a renewal application a
statement, signed under the penalties of perjury, that the applicant has
satisfactorily completed a minimum of 40 contact hours of continuing education
required for such renewal.
(4)
Effective for the renewal period beginning January 1, 2015, a registrant
seeking renewal of a personal registration must complete a minimum of 20
contact hours of continuing education each calendar year of the two-year
renewal cycle.
(a) All registrants must
complete at least two contact hours per calendar year in the area of pharmacy
law;
(b) No more than 15 contact
hours per calendar year acquired through home study and other mediated
instruction may be applied toward the minimum of 20 contact hours per calendar
year;
(c) A registrant who oversees
or is directly engaged in the practice of sterile compounding or who practices
in a pharmacy licensed pursuant to M.G.L. c. 112, § 39G or 39I, must
complete at least five contact hours per calendar year of continuing education
in the area of sterile compounding;
(d) A registrant who oversees or is directly
engaged in the practice of complex non-sterile compounding or who practices in
a pharmacy licensed pursuant to M.G.L. c. 112, § 39H must complete at
least three contact hours per calendar year of continuing education in the area
of complex non-sterile compounding; and
(e) A registrant who oversees or is engaged
in the administration of vaccines must complete at least one contact hour of
continuing education on the topic of immunizations during the two-year renewal
cycle.
(5) Contact hours
of continuing education may not be carried over from one calendar year to
another.
(6) Notwithstanding any
other provisions of 247 CMR 4.03, in the event of extenuating circumstances an
applicant for renewal of personal registration who has failed to complete the
requisite number of contact hours of continuing education or is unable because
of a physical disability to conform to the limitation on the number of contact
hours acquired through home study and other mediated instruction, shall submit
to the Board a detailed statement, signed under the penalties of perjury,
setting forth with detail and specificity such extenuating circumstances. In
such case, the Board shall determine whether or not a renewal shall be granted.
The Board shall notify the applicant of the Board's determination and its
reasons therefore.
(7) A registrant
may not earn more than eight contact hours of continuing education in a
calendar day.
(8) A registrant
shall not be required to complete continuing education in the calendar year in
which the registrant has graduated from an approved college/school of
pharmacy.
Notes
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