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Current Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacists (BCPPs) are required to recertify every 7 years. Recertification assures the public and the profession that BPS-certified pharmacist specialists undergo periodic evaluation to verify that their knowledge and skills are maintained. Recertifiers must:

  • Achieve a passing score on the 100-item multiple choice BPS recertification examination, based on the content outline of the certification examination; OR
  • Earn 100 hours of continuing education credit provided by a professional development program approved by BPS.

The only BPS certified provider of BCPP recertification education is the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP) offering the following 5 products annually in the ACPE and BCPP Recertification credit increments noted. Consider making these products part of your BPS Continuing Professional Development plan! Please refer to the BPS Psychiatric Pharmacy Content Outline to see how these activities may align.

Listen to the Ready, Set, BCPP Q&A Session from 1/27/23 where BPS and AAPP experts answered questions regarding certification and recertification. To start off the conversation, Ellie LaNou, PharmD, BCPS, shares an update about continuous testing.

Please note, candidates who become board certified and recertified must wait until the following calendar year to begin accumulating CE hours for recertification.

Current Edition

  • Format: Self-study; book and e-book included
  • Credit: Approved for hours of ACPE and BCPP Recertification credit for recertifiers
  • Release Date: January 12, 2024
  • Examination Deadline: September 30, 2024

Current Edition

  • Format: Live at AAPP Summit 2023 (Oct 12-13, Virtual) or via self-study online activity
  • Credit: Approved for hours of ACPE and BCPP Recertification credit for recertifiers
  • Release Date: October 12, 2023
  • Examination Deadline: July 12, 2024

Upcoming Edition
Advanced registration is open. Course materials and exam not available until release date.

  • Release Date: October 10, 2024
  • Examination Deadline: July 10, 2025

Upcoming Edition
Advanced registration is open. Course materials and exam not available until release date.

  • Format: Live at AAPP 2024 (April 7-10, Orlando and Virtual) or via self-study online activity
  • Credit: Approved for hours of ACPE and BCPP Recertification credit for recertifiers
  • Release Date: April 7, 2024
  • Examination Deadline: October 7, 2024

Current Edition

  • Format: Self-study online activity
  • Credit: Approved for hours of ACPE and BCPP Recertification credit for recertifiers
  • Release Date: September 28, 2023
  • Examination Deadline: March 28, 2024

Upcoming Edition
Advanced registration is open. Course materials and exam not available until release date.

  • Release Date: September 27, 2024
  • Examination Deadline: March 27, 2025

Current Edition

  • Format: Self-study online activity
  • Credit: Approved for hours of ACPE and BCPP Recertification credit for recertifiers
  • Release Date: December 12, 2023
  • Examination Deadline: June 12, 2024

Upcoming Edition
Advanced registration is open. Course materials and exam not available until release date.

  • Release Date: December 12, 2024
  • Examination Deadline: June 12, 2025

BCPP Recertification Credit Available Over a 7-Year Period Beginning in 2023

Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Review Course*Literature AnalysisSummit**Clinical Application SeriesFrom Theory to Practice Case Series**Psychopharmacology Pearls**Total Hours Available Per Year
202320 hours
1/5/23-9/28/23*
10 hours
2/23/23-11/30/23
10 hours
10/12/23-7/12/24**
5 hours
4/16/23-10/16/23
5 hours
9/28/23-3/28/24**
5 hours
12/12/23-6/12/24**
55
202420 hours
1/12/24-9/30/24
N/A10 hours
10/10/24-7/10/25**
5 hours
4/7/24-10/7/24
5 hours
9/27/24-3/27/25**
5 hours
12/12/24-6/12/25**
45
202520*N/A10**55**5**45
202620N/A10**55**5**45
202720*N/A10**55**5**45
202820N/A10**55**5**45
202920*N/A10**55**5**45
Hours Available80*1070353535255+ achievable

* This course is a two-year product released at the start of even years (2024, 2026...). Credit may NOT be earned in consecutive years with the same edition of the book (i.e., credit may not be earned in both 2024 and 2025 with the same book edition).
** Recertification credit is earned during the calendar year that the exam is finalized. For example, the 2023 Psychopharmacology Pearls could be used for 2023 credit if completed by 12/31/2023 or for 2024 credit if completed after 12/31/2023. In this way, there are technically 10 additional hours available in the above 7-year cycle due to prior year products that remain open.

The American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists is approved as a Professional Development Provider for the Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP) specialty by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS).