What are the CE requirements for Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners (CPPs)?
By law, CPPs must obtain 35 hours of continuing education per year. The 15 hours (8 hours live) needed for renewal of a pharmacy license count toward this amount, so CPPs need an additional 20 hours of CE (live or correspondence) per year to maintain that credential. CPP credentials are renewed annually on the CPP’s birthday. So, in counting CE hours, CPPs should make sure that they acquire the necessary number in a birthday-year cycle. A CPP’s license to practice pharmacy is still renewed on a calendar-year basis. In the first credentialed year for a CPP, the amount of CE required for renewal of the CPP credential is “pro-rated” monthly. For example, a CPP receiving initial credentialing six months before his/her next birthday would need 18 hours of CE [(35 hours of CE/12 months) x 6 months = 17.5 hours, rounded up to 18 hours]. A CPP receiving initial credentialing 2 months before his/her next birthday would need 6 hours of CE [(35 hours of CE/12 months x 2 months = 5.83 hours, round
