Connecticut Pharmacy Technician CE & PTCB Recertification

Standard Renewal Requirements

Connecticut does not require continuing education for Connecticut pharmacy technician registration renewal. State law addresses technician competency through employer-supplied in-service training rather than a formal continuing education requirement, and the statute governing pharmacist continuing education (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-600) applies only to licensed pharmacists, not registered technicians.

Many working Connecticut pharmacy technicians still hold national certification, and both PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board) and NHA’s ExCPT (Exam for Certification of Pharmacy Technicians) require continuing education to keep that credential active, independent of Connecticut state law. A PTCB CPhT credential requires 20 hours of continuing education every 2 years, including 1 hour of pharmacy law CE and 1 hour of patient safety CE, with no carryover into the next cycle. NHA’s ExCPT recertification follows the same 20-hour, 2-year pattern, also including 1 hour of pharmacy law and 1 hour of patient safety. AchieveCE’s Connecticut Pharmacy Technician CE Package supports both certifying bodies, letting a technician complete the full 20-hour PTCB or ExCPT requirement — mandated law and patient safety hours included — in one place.

Source: Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection — Community Pharmacy Technicians , PTCB Recertification Policy , NHA Continuing Education Requirements .

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Verification and Reporting

Connecticut itself does not verify or audit pharmacy technician CE, since it sets no state requirement. PTCB and NHA/ExCPT each verify and audit their own certificants directly.

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.