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Pennsylvania Pharmacy CE category requirements

How the 30 CE hours every 2 years breaks down by category for pharmacists in Pennsylvania, sourced from the official board.

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Required categories

Child abuse recognition and reporting
2h
Injectable medications, biologicals, and immunizations (if authorized to administer them) (conditional)
2h
Pain management/addiction identification/opioid prescribing or dispensing (conditional - only if the pharmacist holds a current DEA registration or uses another person or entity's DEA registration to prescribe controlled substances) (conditional)
2h
Patient safety (ACPE topic designator)
2h

Confirmed: the license period runs October 1 of an even year through September 30 of the next even year, with pharmacists renewing every two years in even-numbered years; 30 contact hours per biennium, including 2 hours ACPE patient-safety and 2 hours child-abuse recognition and reporting (final-form rulemaking 16A-5430, approved by IRRC October 16, 2025 and published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin); conditional 2 hours on injectable medications, biologicals, and immunizations for licensees with that authority; opioid education corrected to conditional per the Department of State's official notice (applies only to pharmacists with a current DEA registration or using another's DEA registration to prescribe controlled substances).

Official source: Pennsylvania Bulletin - State Board of Pharmacy final-form rulemaking 16A-5430 (Child Abuse Reporting Requirements)

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