California Pharmacy Technician CE

What CE is required for California Pharmacy Technician License Renewal?

Every California pharmacy technician must complete at least 1 hour of California cultural competency CE in the 2 years preceding renewal, as a condition of registration renewal effective starting January 1, 2024. That single hour is the only continuing education California itself mandates for pharmacy technicians.

Most working California pharmacy technicians also carry a national credential on top of that state requirement, and both PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board) and NHA's ExCPT (Exam for Certification of Pharmacy Technicians) require their own continuing education independent of anything California mandates. A PTCB CPhT credential requires 20 hours of continuing education every 2 years to stay current, including 1 hour of pharmacy law CE and 1 hour of patient safety CE, with no carryover from one cycle to the next. NHA's ExCPT credential follows the same 20-hour, 2-year cycle, also built around 1 hour of pharmacy law and 1 hour of patient safety. AchieveCE's California Pharmacy Technician CE Package brings California's own cultural competency requirement together with the PTCB and ExCPT recertification hours, so a California pharmacy technician can cover the state-mandated hour and the full national 20-hour requirement, law and patient safety hours included, in one place.

Sources:

California State Board of Pharmacy — Technician Renewal , PTCB Recertification Policy , NHA Continuing Education Requirements .

AchieveCE is an ACPE-accredited provider and a PTCB Recognized Provider , and reports your completed hours directly to CPE Monitor and stores your certificates of completion, so your record is both filed with NABP and backed up if you are ever audited.