PTCB CPhT Eligibility, PTCE Preparation & State Registration Planning CPhT Requirements 2026 PTCE Outline
January 2026 PTCE outline

Study the four official domains through fourteen focused modules.

Prioritize medications, then build federal-law, safety, calculations, order-entry, inventory, compounding and billing competence.

MedicationsGeneric, Brand & Drug Class

Common generic/brand pairs, therapeutic classes, indications and duplicate therapy.

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MedicationsIndications, Effects & Contraindications

Common uses, adverse effects, contraindications, precautions and monitoring clues.

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MedicationsInteractions, Allergies & Therapeutic Duplication

Drug-drug, drug-disease and drug-food interactions, allergy cross-sensitivity and duplicate therapy.

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MedicationsDosage Forms, Routes & Administration

Tablets, capsules, liquids, inhalers, injections, patches, ophthalmic, otic and route-specific handling.

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Federal RequirementsControlled Substances

Schedules, DEA forms, inventory, transfers, partial fills, records, security and suspicious activity.

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Federal RequirementsFederal Pharmacy Requirements

Federal acts, recalls, REMS, medication guides, pseudoephedrine, privacy and record duties.

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Patient Safety & Quality AssuranceMedication Safety

High-alert drugs, error prevention, look-alike/sound-alike names, Tall Man lettering and escalation.

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Patient Safety & Quality AssuranceQuality Assurance & Error Response

Root-cause thinking, near misses, recalls, adverse-event reporting, incident documentation and workflow controls.

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Order Entry & ProcessingPharmacy Calculations

Conversions, days supply, quantity, concentration, dilution, insulin, flow rate and business math.

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Order Entry & ProcessingPrescription & Order Entry

Required data, sig translation, prescriber/patient profiles, refills, clarifications and final pharmacist verification.

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Order Entry & ProcessingInventory, Storage & Returns

Ordering, receiving, cold chain, expiration, quarantine, reverse distribution and controlled inventory.

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Order Entry & ProcessingNonsterile Compounding Basics

Calculations, equipment, master formulation records, compounding records, beyond-use dating and cleaning.

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Patient Safety & Quality AssuranceSterile & Hazardous Product Basics

Aseptic behavior, garbing, contamination control, hazardous-drug handling and exposure response.

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Order Entry & ProcessingBilling & Reimbursement

BIN/PCN/group/member data, rejects, coordination of benefits, prior authorization and fraud prevention.

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