Continuing Education

Continuing Education Requirements for Pharmacists

§15-3-4. Continuing Pharmacy Education Requirements.

4.1. A licensed pharmacist shall complete a minimum of thirty CPE hours every two years, inclusive of any CPE requirements for consultant pharmacist registration, pharmacist immunization registration, and drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training, in order to renew his or her license to practice pharmacy in West Virginia, and each reporting period thereafter.

4.2. Hours earned may only be used to meet the requirements for one reporting period. Hours in excess of the number required at the end of each reporting period shall not be transferred or applied to future reporting periods to satisfy future CPE requirements. Hours earned in a new reporting period but used to meet the requirements of a prior reporting period may only be used for the prior reporting period.

4.3. Six hours of the thirty CPE hours required every two years shall be obtained through a live presentation requiring the direct presence of the pharmacist at the CPE activity.

4.4. Every pharmacist shall complete a minimum of two hours of drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training within one year of receiving his or her initial license from the Board.

4.4.a. Said two hours of CPE shall be a part of the 30 hours of CPE required and is not two additional hours.

4.4.b. For purposes of this subsection, “drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training” means a training course of at least two CPE hours which includes drug diversion training, best-practice prescribing of controlled substances training, and training on prescribing and administration of an opioid antagonist that has been approved by the Board.

The list of WV BOP approved drug diversion courses is available here.

Currently WV BOP-approved, available Drug Diversion CE courses:

Number	Title	Provider	Link
2026-04- 02-DDT	Prescribing Opioids, Providing Naloxone, and Preventing Drug Diversion: The West Virginia Requirement	NetCE	https://www.netce.com/course/overview/prescribing-opioids-providing-naloxone-and-preventing-drug-diversion-the-west-virginia-requirement/91603/2600
2026-04- 01-DDT	Pain & Addiction, Best Practices and Proper Prescribing: The Transformation in the Treatment & Recovery of Mental Illness & Addiction	WVU School of Medicine Office of Continuing Education	https://ce.wvu.edu/web-courses/opioids26/
2025-07- 01-DDT	West Virginia Drug Diversion Prevention	PharmCon	FreeCE.com