Florida Pharmacy Technician Continuing Education

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

2 Mandatory Hours
18 Elective Hours
20 Total Hours
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Here's what you need to renew your Florida Pharmacy Technician license

The information below is a summary of the minimum requirements set forth by the Florida Dept. of Health, 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.

Florida Pharmacy Technician: Pharmacy Tech (Continuing Education)

Total Hours Required: 20
Mandatory Hours: 2
Elective Hours: 18
Renewal Cycle in Years: 2
License Expiration Date: 12/31/2026
Education Cycle in Months: 24
Next Education Due Date: 12/31/2026

Online Info

Mandatory subjects:

  • 2 hours medical errors (must be Board approved)
  • 1 hours HIV - first renewal only*
  • General hours can be either ACPE or Board approved. 

*If you are renewing your license for the first time and the renewal occurs less than 12 months after the initial licensure date you are only required to complete 1 hour in HIV/AIDS and 2 medication errors. If your renewal occurs 12 months or more after your initial licensure date you are required to complete 9 (2 must be live) general hours of registered pharmacy technician continuing education, 1 hours HIV/AIDS and 2 medication errors.

Online Limitations

16 hours are allowed to be completed by home-study. 


Roster

Roster Required: yes
Roster Process:

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

We will report your hours electronically to CEBroker withinone business day.  CEBroker is theofficial CE tracking system for your state licensing board.

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: Florida Dept. of Health, Board of Pharmacy
Phone: 8502454474
Fax: 8509215389
Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C-04 Tallahassee, 32399

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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.