District of Columbia Pharmacy CE requirements
Pharmacist — license renewal requirements, sourced from the official board.
Renewal: Per the official DC Health pharmacist application instructions, pharmacist licenses expire February 28 of odd-numbered years and renew for a two-year period. Note: 17 DCMR 6501.2 permits the Director to move licenses to birth-month renewal under 17 DCMR 4006.3, and DC Health announced such a transition effective June 16, 2024; some licensees' actual expiration dates may differ.
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Confirmed against official DC Health sources: 17 DCMR 6513.4 requires a minimum of 40 contact hours of CE in the two years preceding license expiration, including at least 2 hours of HIV training and at least 2 hours of medication/dispensing errors training; 17 DCMR 6513.6 requires at least 10 of the 40 hours by attendance at live programs; a DC Health renewal FAQ requires at least 2 hours every two years in cultural competency or specialized clinical training focusing on LGBTQ patients. Conditional: pharmacists certified to administer immunizations/vaccinations must complete 2 hours of CE each renewal period relevant to administration of immunizations/vaccinations, counted within the 6513.4 credits. 17 DCMR 6513.2 exempts applicants for the first renewal from the CE requirement. Excluded: a vendor-reported 4-hour 'subjects determined by the Director as public health priorities' requirement could not be confirmed in the official sources above and is not encoded.
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