APPROVED CHAPTER
MAY 25, 2021 84
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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H.P. 736 - L.D. 998
An Act To Amend the Continuing Education Requirement for Pharmacists
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §13735, first ¶, as amended by PL 2013, c. 308, §3, is further
amended to read:
An annual renewal license may not be issued by the board until the applicant certifies
to the board that, during the calendar year preceding an application for renewal, the
applicant has participated in not less than 15 hours of approved courses of continuing
professional pharmaceutical education as set out in this section. Of For a pharmacist
authorized to administer drugs and immunizations, of the 15 hours to be completed, at least
2 hours must be in board-approved courses on drug administration as described in section
13702-A, subsection 28. A pharmacist who enters into a collaborative practice agreement
must agree to complete, in each year of the agreement, 5 of the 15 hours required in this
section in the areas of practice covered by the agreement. The continuing professional
pharmaceutical educational courses consist of postgraduate studies, institutes, seminars,
workshops, lectures, conferences, extension studies, correspondence courses or such other
forms of continuing professional pharmaceutical education as may be approved by the
board.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 998, HP 736: 32.13735
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 84: 32.13735