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Written by Michael A. Jackson
Tuesday, 03 November 2009 20:50

Florida Pharmacy Association
Midyear Clincial Conference
"Managing Cardiovascular Diseases"
October 1-3, 2010

A Florida Pharmacy Association Consultant and General Continuing Education Conference

FOR PROGRAM INFORMATION ENTER HERE

To Pre-register Enter Here


Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel 5445 Forbes Place Orlando, Florida (800) 545-1985 FPA Room Rate: The group room rate is $99 plus tax (single/double occupancy). The room reservation deadline is September 17, 2010 or until the room block is full. Thereafter reservations will be taken on a space or rate availability basis. Check-in time is 3:00pm with check-out time is 12:00 noon. Complimentary 24 hour airport shuttle and self parking. Self parking is complimentary.	Offering: Consultant, General, Nuclear, and Technician continuing education. Also Offering: Medication Error CE, and Board approved Ordering and Evaluating Laboratory Data CE.
“For advance purchase of specially priced Disney Meeting/Convention Theme Park tickets, CLICK HERE”. You may purchase tickets from your product flyer or the web link through September 30, 2010. To download a flyer with Disney options enter here.	The Florida Pharmacy Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Up to 15 contact hours are available upon successful completion of attendance and evaluation forms. Universal Activity Numbers (UAN) above. Statements of continuing education will be mailed within six weeks. This is an ACPE activity based program. The consultant recertification number is pending approval. The FPA is also a Florida Department of Health approved provider of continuing education.

Last Updated (Thursday, 09 September 2010 13:32)

Technician Registration Form on BOP Web Site

Written by Michael A. Jackson
Tuesday, 21 July 2009 00:00

The Florida Board of Pharmacy has been in rule development since passage of Senate bill 1360 during the 2008 legislative session. This bill requires pharmacy technicians to register with the Florida Department of Health. Other issues in the legislation include the following:

Requires the Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules on registration
Requires registered technicians to be 17 years old
Requires 20 hours of CE (4 hours live, 2 hours med errors)
Registration must be available to the public as well as board inspectors
Pharmacy interns exempt from registration
Technician students exempt from registration
Pharmacist with discipline not eligible to register as technician

By January 1, 2011 Registered Technicians must have:

Completed a Board approved training program or
Have completed a certification program approved by NCCA or
Have worked a minimum of 1,500 under a licensed pharmacist

The FPA has been informed by the Department of Health that technician registration will begin around the 1st of October. Technicians will have until December 31st to register. An on-line application is available through the Board's web site (ENTER HERE). We do not know at this time what that application will look like. Technicians will need to be able to demonstrate that they have completed one of the three registration requisites by the end of next year (2010). The Florida Department of Health is also making available a way for employers to apply for an "other payer code" if they plan to proactively register their pharmacy technicians. Information on how to do that can be found through this link under "Other Payer Code Information".

For a list of frequently asked questions from the Department of Health enter here.

FOR TRAINING PROGRAM RULE DRAFT SEE BELOW

Last Updated (Wednesday, 23 June 2010 13:51)

Professional License Lookup

Written by Michael A. Jackson
Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:13

Are you looking for Florida Licensure information on pharmacists and other health care providers? Enter through this link to the Department of Health web site. If your search does not bring up the provider consider entering in less information in the "name" boxes. The more information that you enter the higher the possibility for spelling errors.

Last Updated (Saturday, 11 October 2008 14:00)