Pharmacy Daily | New registration standards

Pharmacists will be required to develop a CPD plan to assist in identification of areas in need of further development, under a revised Continuing Professional Development registration standard which has been published by the Pharmacy Board of Australia. The new CPD standard is joined by revisions to the recency of practice standard, with the changes taking effect on 01 Dec. The revised Recency of Practice standard includes an additional option for applicants to meet the minimum practice requirements, allowing this to be satisfied by 150 hours during the preceding 12 months, in addition to the current option of 450 hours during the previous three years. The revised standards and CPD guidelines also contain additional detail to facilitate pharmacists’ understanding of the minimum requirements, including the consequences of failure. “Clearer wording and structure have been used to make the requirements easier to understand,” the Board said. Other changes to the CPD standard specify that pharmacists must maintain records for a minimum of three full CPD periods, as well as providing guidance for temporary absence from practice. There are also changes to supervised practice arrangements, requiring preceptors to have “suitable relevant training or experience,” as well as additional requirements for supervised practice when undertaken concurrently across multiple training sites to facilitate the achievement of suitable training outcomes for interns. Revised Frequently Asked Questions on CPD and an Intern pharmacist and preceptor guide will also be published on the Board’s website in the coming weeks. A revised professional indemnity insurance standard will be published shortly, which will become effective from early 2016.

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