Professional technical standards in colleges and schools of pharmacy.

Objective: To determine the prevalence, characteristics, and use of professional technical standards among colleges and schools of pharmacy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).

Methods: The Web site of every college and school of pharmacy accredited by ACPE was searched to identify information regarding the availability, content, and use of technical standards and to obtain demographic information.

Results: Information was obtained from all of the 114 colleges and schools of pharmacy and 67 (59%) had technical standards in place.