Pharmacy Daily | CPD audit for pharmacists

A RANDOM sample of pharmacists who have renewed their registration will be audited in early 2012 by the Pharmacy Board of Australia. The audit will review compliance with the mandatory registration standards, including Continuing Professional Development points. Pharmacists who are found not to have completed the 20 required CPD credits, or who are unable to provide satisfactory records of the CPD they claim to have undertaken will be required by the Board to “provide further details as to why the requirements have not been met”. The warning comes after a meeting of the Pharmacy Board of Australia this month at the 2011 National Registration and Accreditation Scheme Annual Conference. MEANWHILE the Board is also reminding pharmacists that the first auditable period for CPD will end on 30 September 2011. After this time, pharmacists holding general registration need to declare that they have met the Board’s CPD requirements when renewing registration. Pharmacists are also advised to look out for renewal reminders via mail and email in the lead up to the renewal of registration, due on 30 November 2011.

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