Florida Licensure Chapter 64B

Question 1

CE Requirements

Answer 1

1st renewal - 1 hour HIV/AIDS training

Question 2

Other Methods of Obtaining Continuing Medical Education per Biennium

Answer 2

5 hours for attendance at a Board of Pharmacy meeting (maximum per biennium is 10)

5 hours for serving as a Board of Pharmacy Board member (maximum per biennium is 10)

Up to 5 for performance of volunteer services to the indigent as provided in Section 456.013(9) Post professional degree programs provided by accredited colleges or schools of pharmacy. Credit shall be awarded at the rate of 5 hours of continuing education credit per semester hour completed with the 24 months prior to the expiration date of the license

Post-graduate studies, institutes, seminars, lectures, conferences, workshops, correspondence courses or other educational opportunities which advance the practice of the profession of pharmacy if approved by the Board. Courses must be submitted for approval 45 days in advance of the course date.

Question 3

Consultant Pharmacist

Answer 3

In order to be licensed as a consultant pharmacist, a person must meet the following requirements:

(a) Hold a license as a pharmacist which is active and in good standing;
(b) Successfully complete a consultant pharmacist course of no fewer than twelve (12) hours, sponsored by an accredited college of pharmacy, and approved by the Florida Board of Pharmacy Tripartite Continuing Education Committee. The course shall be instructionally designed to include a cognitive test on which the applicant must score a passing grade for certification of successful completion of the course.
(c) Successfully complete a period of assessment and evaluation under the supervision of a preceptor within one (1) year of completion of the course set forth in paragraph (b), above. This period of assessment and evaluation shall be completed over no more than three (3) consecutive months and shall include at least 40 hours of training itraining

Question 4

Nuclear Pharmacist License

Answer 4

All applicants must complete a minimum of 200 clock hours of formal didactic training from an accredited college of pharmacy or other program recognized by the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Board of Pharmacy as specified by subsection (4), below. All such formal training must include, at a minimum:

(a) Radiation physics and instrumentation (85 hours).
(b) Radiation protection (45 hours).
(c) Mathematics pertaining to the use and measurement of radioactivity (20 hours).
(d) Radiation biology (20 hours).
(e) Radiopharmaceutical chemistry (30 hours).

Also may have 500 hours of on the job training

Question 5

Tripartite Continuing Education Committee.

Answer 5

Composed of equal representation from the Board of Pharmacy, Colleges or Schools of Pharmacy in the State, and practicing pharmacists within the State. The members of the Committee shall be selected by the Board of Pharmacy and shall serve for a period of two years. The Chair of the committee shall be selected by the Chair of the Board.

Performs the following duties:

(a) Review continuing education providers and make recommendations to the Board;
(b) Approve the following continuing education courses or programs to be offered by approved providers or individuals that are non-approved providers:
1. General;
2. Initial Consultant Pharmacist Certification;
3. Consultant Recertification;
4. Nuclear Recertification;
5. Medication Errors;
6. HIV/AIDS;
7. Laboratory Tests;
8. Laws and Rules;
9. Quality Related Events;
10. Validation of Prescriptions for Controlled Substances.