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Illinois Pharmacy Technicians CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals

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Illinois Pharmacists / Pharmacy Technicians

In support of improving patient care, NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

NetCE will report your credit to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), provided that you add your NABP e-Profile ID and date of birth to your account. If you select to opt out of entering this information, you agree to not hold NetCE responsible for reporting your credit. For more information on the advantages of registering for an NABP e-Profile ID, please go to https://nabp.pharmacy/cpe-monitor-service/

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation: Board of Pharmacy accepts courses from any provider who is ACPE accredited.

Continuing Education Requirement

NetCE will report your credit to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), provided that you add your NABP e-Profile ID and date of birth to your account. If you select to opt out of entering this information, you agree to not hold NetCE responsible for reporting your credit.

Pharmacists are required 30 hours every two years, all of which may be completed by home study.*

Requirements include:

  • NEW Beginning January 1, 2023, a health care professional who has continuing education requirements for license registration or renewals must complete at least a one-hour course in training on implicit bias awareness per renewal period. A health care professional may count this one hour for completion of this course toward meeting the minimum credit hours required for continuing education.
  • All licensees are required one hour specific to sexual harassment prevention every two years.
  • Pharmacists who wish to administer vaccines/immunizations are required to complete a one-time course of training on the administration of vaccines approved by the Department.

Registered Certified Pharmacy Technicians are required 20 hours every two years.

Requirements include:

  • One hour in pharmacy law every two years.
  • One hour in patient safety every two years.
  • All licensees are required one hour specific to sexual harassment prevention every two years.
  • NEW Beginning January 1, 2023, a health care professional who has continuing education requirements for license registration or renewals must complete at least a one-hour course in training on implicit bias awareness per renewal period. A health care professional may count this one hour for completion of this course toward meeting the minimum credit hours required for continuing education.

*NetCE courses are considered home study.

For More Information

Please contact the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation: Board of Pharmacy at (800) 560-6420, or visit their website at https://www.idfpr.com/profs/pharm.asp.