New Mexico Pharmacy Technicians CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals

New Mexico 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 New Mexico 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, 20 of which may be completed by home study.* Of the 30 hours, 2 hours are required in patient safety, 2 hours of Board-provided pharmacy law, and 2 hours in the area of safe and appropriate use of opioids every two years. Licensees who live or work outside of New Mexico may fulfill the pharmacy law requirement through an ACPE-accredited home study course.

Pharmacists authorized to administer vaccines are required an additional 2 hours related to vaccines every two years. Course may not be completed by home study.

Pharmacists exercising prescriptive authority for tobacco cessation drug therapy are required an additional 2 hours related to tobacco cessation drug therapy every two years.

Pharmacists exercising prescriptive authority for naloxone drug therapy are required an additional 2 hours related to naloxone drug therapy every two years. Course may not be completed by home study.

Pharmacists exercising prescriptive authority for hormonal contraception drug therapy are required an additional 2 hours related to hormonal contraception drug therapy every two years. Course may not be completed by home study.

Pharmacist Clinicians are required an additional 20 hours every two years, 10 of which may be completed by home study.* Pharmacist clinicians with a controlled substances registration to prescribe controlled substances are required 2 hours in responsible opioid prescribing practices every two years.

Certified Pharmacy Technicians must maintain current national certification. Certified pharmacy technicians authorized to administer vaccines are required 2 hours of vaccine-related continuing education every two years.

* NetCE courses are considered home study.

For More Information

Please contact the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy at (505) 222-9830, or visit their website at https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/pharmacy/pharmacy-continuing-education-requirements/.