National Association of Boards

In the United States, there is no national qualifying or licensing body for pharmacists. Licensure requirements are promulgated by State boards of pharmacy that administer examinations, issue internship requirements, and oversee the practice of pharmacy. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy serves the collective needs of the state boards. This organisation has no Hcensure authority. However, it has developed a standardized Hcensure examination (NABPLEX), which as of this writing (ca 1995) is used by 48 states (see Licensing). 

The interpretation of prescription medication orders is one of the most important requirements of professional pharmacy practice. According to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy s (NABP s) Model State Pharmacy Act,... 

Documents of special importance in providing guidelines and standards for pharmaceutical compounding include the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy s "Good Compounding Practices Applicable to State Licensed Pharmacies " the USP 27/NF 22 Chapter 795, "Pharmacy Compounding — Nonsterile Preparations " and Chapter 797, "Pharmacy Compounding — Sterile Preparations " as well as numerous other portions of the USP/NF. 

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Good compounding practices applicable to state-licensed pharmacies, in Model State Pharmacy Act and Model Rules of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Park Ridge, IL, Cl, 1993. 

Second, FDA is working with the National Association of Boards of Fharmacy (NABF) to assess the progress toward the goal of ensuring that patients receiving new prescriptions have received useful information about those prescriptions. 

Compounding has been defined by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy [10] as follows ... 

The FDA shall convene and consult an advisory committee on compounding that includes representatives from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, the United States Pharmacopeia, pharmacy, physician, and consumer organizations, and other selected experts. 

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healtheare Organizations National Association of Boards of Pharmacy National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Ine. 

Approved on July 27, 2004 by the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American College of Apothecaries, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, the American Pharmacists Association, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the National Community Pharmacists Association and the National Council of State Pharmacy Association Executives. 

Source Adapted from National Associations of Boards of Pharmacy. Answers to questions on... 

The ACPE was formed in 1932 by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), the American Pharmaceutical Association, and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) for the accreditation of preservice education. At present, graduation from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy is required by most U.S. state boards of pharmacy in order... 

Both the NAPLEX and the MPJE are developed by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) for use by the boards of pharmacy as part of their assessment of competence to practice pharmacy. Development of these examinations is directly related to NABP s mission, which is to assist its member boards and jurisdictions in developing, implementing, and en-... 

National Institute for Standards in Pharmacist Credentialing (NISPC). The NISPC was founded in 1998 by the American Pharmaceutical Association, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, and the National Community Pharmacists Association. The purpose of NISPC is to promote the value and encourage the adoption of National Association of Boards of Pharmacy dis-... 

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