National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP®) is the only professional association that represents the state boards of pharmacy in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, New Zealand, eight Canadian Provinces, and four Australian states.

Preamble

Given that medications are an integral part of disease management, medication therapies and their delivery systems are becoming more complex, technological enhancements have improved the capabilities for patient monitoring, and entities motivated by economic gain are eroding standards of care, there is greater potential for harm to the public and a greater need for patients’ medication use to be managed by a licensed pharmacist and state regulatory agencies to aggressively enforce standards of care.

NABP Mission Statement

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) is the independent, international, and impartial association that assists its member boards and jurisdictions in developing, implementing, and enforcing uniform standards for the purpose of protecting the public health.