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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 York State Board of Pharmacy
STATE COMPLIANCE SURVEY RESULTS
Does the state have specific language requiring compliance with USP 797? No
Does the state have specific language requiring compliance with Sterile Compounding or Parenteral Preparations regulations? No
What is regulation cited and verbiage used? No specific language with regards to sterile or non/sterile compounding. Possibly in the future standards might be introduced as a community standard that deals with this topic.
LICENSE AND TRAINING SURVEY RESULTS
How many hours of training are required for license renewal? 45
How often must you renew your license? Triennial
How many hours of didactic/live training are required for renewal? At least 23 must be live and no more than 22 hours can be in a self study course, three (3) hours of formal continuing education acceptable to the Department in the processes and strategies that may be used to reduce medication and/or prescription errors. (1 1/4 hours of CE per month is what is expected)
How many hours of pharmacy law are required for license renewals? N/A
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? NY BReg 63.7.
What is the name of this section heading? Continuing Education
What is the verbiage regarding the renewal of license requirements?
Education Law requires that registered pharmacists complete continuing education. A minimum of 45 contact hours (at least 23 live) is required in each three-year registration period. As of September 1, 2003, the 45 hours required must include at least 3 credits (home study or live) of formal continuing education on strategies and techniques to reduce medication and prescription errors. Effective August 1, 2007, a section of Education Law was amended in relation to the mandatory continuing education requirement. The amendment eliminated the exemption from the continuing education requirement for newly licensed pharmacists during their first triennial registration period. Therefore, all pharmacists licensed on or after August 1, 2007, must meet the CE requirement during their first and future registration periods.During each triennial registration period an applicant for registration shall complete a minimum of forty-five hours of acceptable formal continuing education, as specified in subdivision four of this section, provided that no more than twenty-two hours of such continuing education shall consist of self-study courses. Any pharmacist whose first registration date following the effective date of this section occurs less than three years from such effective date, but on or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, shall complete continuing education hours on a prorated basis at the rate of one and one-quarter hours per month for the period beginning January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven up to the first registration date thereafter. A licensee who has not satisfied the mandatory continuing education requirements shall not be issued a triennial registration certificate by the department and shall not practice unless and until a conditional registration certificate is issued as provided for in subdivision three of this section. Continuing education hours taken during one triennium may not be transferred to a subsequent triennium.
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