The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1904. Our mission, as an independent, international and impartial association, is to assist our member boards of pharmacy in protecting public health. We do this by helping support patient and prescription drug safety through examinations that assess pharmacist competency, pharmacist licensure transfer and verification services and various pharmacy accreditation programs.
Pharmacists serve as the health care professionals responsible for providing patient care that ensures optimal medication therapy outcomes. As such, NABP recognizes the ongoing and critical need for patients’ medications to be managed by a licensed pharmacist and for state regulatory agencies to aggressively enforce standards of care.
Offering a multitude of programs and services designed to support the many facets of pharmacy regulation and compliance, we also endeavor to reduce administrative burdens for our member boards of pharmacy. The NABP member boards include the 54 pharmacy regulatory and licensing jurisdictions in the United States and all 10 provinces of Canada.
As the health care industry has evolved exponentially since the turn of the century, NABP has been at the forefront identifying challenges to patient safety and developing solutions to combat these threats. From creating transparency in online medication purchasing to developing a system to help supply chain members identify and communicate about suspect drugs, NABP is focused on developing programs and systems to help keep patients safe.
NABP’s membership and staff combine diverse skills and backgrounds, which helps us create innovative programs that meet the public health protection needs of today — with an eye on the future.