Arizona Pharmacy Technician Continuing Education

Meet your Arizona pharmacy technician CE requirements with ease. If you'd like a refresher on what's needed to renew your license, see the requirements below.

3 Mandatory Hours
17 Elective Hours
20 Total Hours
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Here's what you need to renew your Arizona Pharmacy Technician license

The information below is a summary of the minimum requirements set forth by the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy. For a more detailed requirements breakdown, please see the board's site.
If you hold Pharmacy Technician licenses in multiple states, please make sure to check each state's requirements.

Arizona Pharmacy Technician: Pharmacy Tech (Continuing Education)

Total Hours Required: 20
Mandatory Hours: 3
Elective Hours: 17
Renewal Cycle in Years: 2
License Expiration Date: 10/31/2025
Next Education Due Date: 10/31/2025

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Please note: Licenses renew in groups. The next groups are due 10/31/2023 and 10/31/2024. Please check your license expiration to confirm your renewal group.

 

Mandatory Subject:

  • Three (3) of the twenty (20) CE hours must be in opioid-related, substance use disorder-related, or addiction-related continuing education activities.
  • Remote Dispensing Pharmacy Technicians: Two (2) hours in remote dispensing site pharmacy practices. These hours are in addition to the twenty (20) total CE hours required for renewal. This does not apply to pharmacy technicians who work from home.

 

Note: Remote Dispensing Pharmacy is also known as “Telepharmacy”.

A remote dispensing pharmacy technician is a pharmacy technician who works in a remote pharmacy in accordance with A.R.S. 32-1961.01. A remote pharmacy is supervised by a pharmacist remotely while the pharmacy technician works independently at the remote pharmacy. A remote pharmacy is physically staffed by pharmacy technicians while the pharmacist supervises remotely from another location. This does not apply to pharmacy technicians who work from home.

Online Limitations

There are no online limitations.

Roster

Roster Required: yes
Roster Process:

Your pharmacy hours will be reported to CPE Monitor withinten business days after course completion.

Rosters are sent to NABP within 10 business days. We are unable to report your hours after 60 days.


Roster Sent: Every 10 days

Governing Agency

Name: Arizona State Board of Pharmacy
Phone: 6027712727
Fax: 6027712749
Address: 1616 W. Adams Street, Suite 120 Phoenix, 85007

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Note: This license renewal information is provided as a convenience only and is subject to change at any time. It's ultimately the responsibility of the licensee to be sure that he or she is meeting all requirements for each license and corresponding renewal period.