Michigan Pharmacy Technician CE

Standard Renewal Requirements

Every Michigan pharmacy technician must complete 20 hours of Board-approved continuing education every 2-year renewal period, including at least 5 hours earned live (in-person or synchronous virtual), 1 hour in pharmacy ethics and jurisprudence , 1 hour in pain and symptom management , and 1 hour in patient safety , with no more than 12 hours counted per 24-hour period, to satisfy Michigan pharmacy technician license renewal. Michigan pharmacy technician licenses renew every 2 years on the individual technician’s own license issue date rather than a shared statewide date.

Source: Mich. Admin. Code R 338.3661, License renewals; continuing education requirements .

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Verification and Reporting

Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) uses CE Broker to audit continuing education compliance across its licensed professions, pharmacy technicians included. Michigan LARA — Continuing Education

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First-Time Requirements

The 20-hour continuing education requirement applies only to a technician who has held an active license for the full 2-year period immediately preceding the end of that license cycle, effectively exempting a technician’s first renewal.

All technicians must also complete a one-time human trafficking awareness training and a one-time implicit bias training; both may be counted toward the same renewal period’s continuing education hours rather than completed separately.

Mich. Admin. Code R 338.3661

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.