Colorado 20‑Hour CE Package – Fulfills PTCB® & ExCPT® Renewal Requirements (Law + Patient Safety Requirements Included)

Standard CE Requirements for Colorado Pharmacy Technicians

Colorado Board of Pharmacy does not set its own continuing education hour requirement for Colorado pharmacy technician certification renewal, which falls on a biennial cycle ending October 31 of odd-numbered years. Instead, the Colorado Board of Pharmacy requires technicians to maintain active certification with a national certifying organization, which carries its own continuing education obligations.

Every Colorado pharmacy technician who holds PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board) certification must complete 20 hours of continuing education every 2-year recertification cycle, including at least 1 hour of pharmacy law CE and 1 hour of patient safety CE, with no carryover between cycles. Technicians certified through NHA’s ExCPT (Exam for Certification of Pharmacy Technicians) face the same 20-hour, 2-year structure, also built around 1 hour of pharmacy law and 1 hour of patient safety. Because Colorado ties certification renewal directly to these national requirements, completing them is what keeps a Colorado pharmacy technician certification active. AchieveCE’s Colorado Pharmacy Technician CE Package is built around both pathways, so technicians can complete their full PTCB or ExCPT recertification requirement, mandated law and patient safety hours included, through a single provider.

Source: Colorado Division of Professions and Occupations — Pharmacy Technician , PTCB Recertification Policy , NHA Continuing Education Requirements .

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Verification and Reporting of Continuing Education for Colorado Pharmacy Technicians

Colorado itself does not verify or audit pharmacy technician CE, since certification renewal is handled through the technician’s national certifying organization, which verifies and audits its 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.