Ohio Pharmacy Technician CE

Standard Renewal Requirements

Every Ohio Registered Pharmacy Technician must complete 10 contact hours (1.0 CEU) of approved continuing education during the 24 months preceding their registration’s expiration date, to satisfy Ohio pharmacy technician registration renewal. Ohio sets no live-instruction minimum, so all 10 hours may be completed through home study or online courses through an accredited package like AchieveCE's Ohio Pharmacy Technician CE Package. Within the 10 hours, Registered Pharmacy Technicians must complete 2 hours of pharmacy jurisprudence (law) CE and 2 hours of patient or medication safety CE, every renewal cycle. Registered Pharmacy Technician registrations expire on the same statewide date, March 31 of every even-numbered year, for every technician regardless of when they were originally registered. Certified Pharmacy Technicians (those holding a national certification such as PTCB) instead satisfy their CE obligation through their certifying organization’s own requirement, rather than this Board-set hour count.

Source: Ohio Admin. Code 4729:3-5-02, Continuing Pharmacy Education for Pharmacy Technicians , Ohio Admin. Code 4729:3-2-03, Renewal of Registration .

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Conditional Renewal Requirements

Technicians may satisfy up to one-third of their continuing education requirement by providing volunteer health care services at an approved in-state volunteer provider, in lieu of standard CE hours. Ohio Admin. Code 4729:3-5-02

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First-Time Requirements

A technician registered within six months of the current renewal cycle’s expiration date is exempt from the continuing education requirement for that cycle. Ohio Board of Pharmacy — Registered Pharmacy Technician CE

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Verification and Reporting

Ohio Registered Pharmacy Technicians must obtain a free CPE Monitor account from NABP to report completed CE, and retain certificates from non-ACPE-accredited providers for 1 year following the year evidence was required for renewal; the Board audits registered technicians to verify compliance, with documentation submitted only upon request. Ohio Board of Pharmacy — Registered Pharmacy Technician CE , Ohio Admin. Code 4729:3-5-02

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.