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This informational reference map is being presented to assist you in keeping updated on your state's compliance status with USP Chapter 797 and continuing education (CE) renewal requirements through a research project conducted by CriticalPoint, LLC and NABP.
New Mexico Board of Pharmacy
STATE COMPLIANCE SURVEY RESULTS
Does the state have specific language requiring compliance with USP 797? Yes
What is regulation cited and verbiage used? New Mexico Administrative Code - Title 16 Occupational and Professional Licensing - Chapter 19 - Pharmacists - Part 6 Pharmacies - Section - 16.19.6.11 (Subchapter B through the end) - Minimum Equipment and Accessory Standards: Subchapter B. Parenteral Pharmaceuticals: (3) Pharmacist-in-Charge - (b) responsible for the development, implementation and continuing review of written SOP's consistent with USP/NF standards which are used by the operation in their daily operation; and Subchapter C. Sterile Pharmaceutical Preparation.
LICENSE AND TRAINING SURVEY RESULTS
How many hours of training are required for license renewal? 30
How often must you renew your license? Biennial
How many hours of didactic/live training are required for renewal? As of January 2013, 10 hours live training will be required. Not including the 2 hour live pharmacy law review offered by the New Mexico board of pharmacy.
How many hours of pharmacy law are required for license renewals? 2
How many hours during the renewal period must be in Sterile Compounding? N/A
What is the state law reference number regarding license renewal training? NM BReg 16.19.4.10
What is the name of this section heading? Continuing Pharmacy Education Requirements
What is the verbiage regarding the renewal of license requirements?
A. Continuing pharmacy education (CPE) shall include study in one or more of the general areas of socioeconomic and legal aspects of health care; the properties and actions of drugs and dosage forms; etiology; characteristics and therapeutics of the disease state, or such other subjects as the board may from time to time approve. Continuing pharmacy education approved in New Mexico shall be limited to programs and activities offered by an ACPE approved provider or pharmacy law programs offered by the N.M. board of pharmacy. B. Continuing pharmacy education, certified as completed by an approved provider will be required of a registered pharmacist who applies for renewal of New Mexico registration as follows: 3.0 CEU (30 contact hours) every two years. Effective January 1, 2013, pharmacist and pharmacist clinician renewal applications shall document: (1) A minimum of 1.0 CEU (10 contact hours) excluding the law requirement, per renewal period shall be obtained through “live programs” that are approved as such by the ACPE or the accreditation council for continuing medical education (ACCME). Live programs provided by other providers (such as continuing nursing education) may be acceptable based on review and approval of the board. (2) A minimum of 0.2 CEU (2 contact hours) per renewal period shall be in the area of patient safety as applicable to the practice of pharmacy. (3) A minimum of 0.2 CEU (2 contact hours) per renewal period shall be in the subject area of pharmacy law offered by the New Mexico board of pharmacy.
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