4729-7-01 Definitions.

 

 

 

TO BE RESCINDED

 

4729-7-01                    Definitions.

 

 

As used in Chapter 4729-7 of the Administrative Code:

 

(A)    "Continuing pharmacy education", as required in section 4729.12 of the Revised Code, is defined as post-registration pharmacy education of approved quality undertaken to maintain professional competency to practice pharmacy, improve professional skills, and preserve uniform qualifications for continuing the practice of the profession for the purpose of protecting public health and welfare.

 

(B)   "Continuing education unit (C.E.U.)" is defined as ten contact hours of participation in an organized continuing pharmacy education experience presented by an approved provider.

 

(C)    "Approved continuing education" is defined as participation in an organized and structured continuing pharmacy education experience which has been presented by an approved provider or the state board of pharmacy and which presents information directly related to the practice of pharmacy.

 

(D)       "Approved provider" is defined as an individual, institution, organization, association, corporation, or agency that has been approved by the state board of pharmacy and/or the "Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (A.C.P.E.)."

 

(E)     "Evidence of approved C.E.U.s" is defined as a certificate or other document certifying that the pharmacist has satisfactorily participated in an organized and structured continuing pharmacy education experience which was presented by an approved provider.

 

(F)   "Pharmacy jurisprudence" related continuing education shall include Ohio state board of pharmacy approved continuing pharmacy education experiences that deal with current laws, rules, and regulations dealing with the practice of pharmacy and the recent changes that have occurred to those laws, rules, and regulations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4729-7-01         Effective:	TO BE RESCINDED                                        2         01/01/2009
R.C. 119.032 review dates:	09/26/2008
CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Certification
12/08/2008
Date
Promulgated Under:	119.03
Statutory Authority:	4729.26
Rule Amplifies:	4729.01, 4729.12
Prior Effective Dates:	11/20/1972, 9/15/1979, 2/15/1995, 3/1/1999, 1/1/2004,
	1/1/2006, 4/27/2007