Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Pharmacy
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Licensure of Pharmacists and Registration of Pharmacy Technicians [18 VAC 110 ‑ 21]
Action Periodic review result of Chapters 20 and 50; Promulgation of Chapters 15 and 21
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 2/22/2019
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2/4/19  11:38 am
Commenter: Lynn Cox

Live CE requirements
 

I am opposed to the Board's requiring any portion of the CE requirement for pharmacists to be live. Most if not all live CE has a cost involved whereby online/journals are often free. Pharmacists have to juggle work, home life, children and home study allows one to be flexible with time in order to complete. Live CE is usuallly not flexible with times of presentations. The board has not provided evidence that live/interactive CE is more beneficial than home study CE. The costs and lack of flexibility of live CE does not facilitate but rathers hinder a pharmacist completing required hours.

 

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