This course will provide mandated training on child abuse recognition, reporting, and prevention in accordance with Pennsylvania state statutory requirements for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

To present information on the practice issues, standards, and regulatory framework related to the handling of and compounding hazardous drugs.

To provide pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with practical approaches for improving medication safety through medication error prevention. Guidance will be provided for those in community and health-system settings. Additionally, attention to special populations including pediatric and geriatric patients will be given.

To provide pharmacists with knowledge and skills to facilitate preparation of high quality and legally compliant simple, moderate, and complex nonsterile compounded preparations for veterinary patients.

This educational program provides information on legislation passed in the 86^th and 87^th Texas Legislative Sessions that significantly affect pharmacists and amendments to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP) Rules adopted between June 2019 and June 2022. Recent legislation and amendments expand the role of pharmacists in patient care, add pharmacists to the list of health care providers, authorize payment for pharmacist-provided patient care services, and expand patient access to insulin. Comprehensive pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform was also passed in 2021. Additional rules adopted by TSBP clarify operational standards for pharmacies. Pharmacy rules and laws are found in the Texas Pharmacy Act (TPA), which is Chapters 551 through 569 of the Texas Occupations Code,¹