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Law and Ethics Webinar

In accordance with California Code of Regulations section 1732.5(b),at least two of the 30 CE hours required for a pharmacist’s license renewal must be completed by participation in the mandatory Board-issued law webinar and the mandatory Board-issued ethics webinar. This law became operative on July 1, 2019. Viewing both webinars will satisfy the two-hour law and ethics CE requirement. You may view these webinars on the Board’s website at any time; no registration is required. The Board’s law and ethics webinars are required for pharmacists only. No other licensees are required to complete – nor awarded CE credit by the Board for completing – the law and ethics webinars.

Note: The California State Board of Pharmacy is not an approved ACPE provider. The mandatory Board-issued law webinar and the mandatory Board-issued ethics webinar are required for your California pharmacist license renewal, but will not be submitted to the NABP and will not appear on your CPE monitor. For this reason, pharmacists are required to retain their law & ethics CE completion certificates for four years.

Webinar Instructions

The mandatory Board provided law webinar and mandatory Board provided ethics webinar may now be accessed through PharmEd’s platform. First-time users must create an account prior to viewing the Board’s webinars. For questions regarding issues with a PharmEd account, users will need to contact PharmEd directly. Click on the menu arrow besides your unsername on the top right of the PharmEd website, then click on "Support" from the drop down menu. This will open an email with the appropriate contact email for PharmEd account issues.

Upon course completion, users will be provided a link to the respective certificate of completion.

  • DO NOT MAIL THE CERTIFICATE TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY. The Board of Pharmacy will receive an electronic notification that you have completed the course. However, you are required to keep the certificate for four years in case you are asked to provided evidence of completion.
  • Law Webinar - The Board aims to update the mandatory Board-issued law webinar annually. This course must be completed prior to the submission of each license renewal (every two years).
  • Ethics Webinar - The mandatory Board-issued ethics webinar, dated 2019, is the only version of the webinar. This course is not updated annually and is meant to be a refresher course. This course must be completed prior to the submission of each license renewal (every two years).