Illinois Pharmacists CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals

Illinois Pharmacists / Pharmacy Technicians

In support of improving patient care, NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

NetCE will report your credit to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), provided that you add your NABP e-Profile ID and date of birth to your account. If you select to opt out of entering this information, you agree to not hold NetCE responsible for reporting your credit. For more information on the advantages of registering for an NABP e-Profile ID, please go to https://nabp.pharmacy/cpe-monitor-service/

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation: Board of Pharmacy accepts courses from any provider who is ACPE accredited.

Continuing Education Requirement

NetCE will report your credit to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), provided that you add your NABP e-Profile ID and date of birth to your account. If you select to opt out of entering this information, you agree to not hold NetCE responsible for reporting your credit.

Pharmacists are required 30 hours every two years, all of which may be completed by home study.*

Requirements include:

• All licensees are required one (1) hour specific to sexual harassment prevention every two years.
• Beginning January 1, 2023, a health care professional who has continuing education requirements for license registration or renewals must complete at least a one-hour course in training on implicit bias awareness per renewal period. A health care professional may count this one hour for completion of this course toward meeting the minimum credit hours required for continuing education.
• NEW Beginning with renewals on and after January 1, 2025, health care professionals have a new statutorily mandated continuing education requirement of at least one (1) hour in cultural competency every six years. Licensees may complete more often for 1 hour of continuing education credit per renewal period. A health care professional may count this one hour for completion of this course toward meeting the minimum credit hours required for continuing education. (PA 103-0531 enacted 8/11/2023 effective 1/1/2025)
• Pharmacists authorized to administer vaccines/immunizations are required two (2) hours of ACPE-approved, immunization-related continuing pharmacy education during each State licensing period.

Registered Certified Pharmacy Technicians are required 20 hours every two years (10 hours annually).

Requirements include:

• One (1) hour in pharmacy law every renewal.
• One (1) hour in patient safety every renewal.
• All licensees are required one (1) hour specific to sexual harassment prevention every renewal.
• Beginning January 1, 2023, a health care professional who has continuing education requirements for license registration or renewals must complete at least a one-hour course in training on implicit bias awareness per renewal period. A health care professional may count this one hour for completion of this course toward meeting the minimum credit hours required for continuing education.
• NEW Beginning with renewals on and after January 1, 2025, health care professionals have a new statutorily mandated continuing education requirement of at least one (1) hour in cultural competency every six years. Licensees may complete more often for 1 hour of continuing education credit per renewal period. A health care professional may count this one hour for completion of this course toward meeting the minimum credit hours required for continuing education. (PA 103-0531 enacted 8/11/2023 effective 1/1/2025)
• Pharmacy technicians and student pharmacists authorized to administer vaccines/immunizations are required a minimum of two (2) hours of ACPE-approved, immunization-related continuing pharmacy education during the relevant licensing period.

* NetCE courses are considered home study.

For More Information

Please contact the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation: Board of Pharmacy at (800) 560-6420, or visit their website at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/pharm.html.