Delegates Approve Nine Resolutions at NABP's 101st Annual Meeting

June 22, 2005 12:00 AM

Delegates from the member boards of pharmacy adopted nine resolutions during the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) 101st Annual Meeting, held May 21-24, 2005, in New Orleans, LA. The resolutions addressed such timely issues as effective communication in pharmacy practice and in the provision of pharmacist care; sterile compounding and the NABP Model State Pharmacy Act and Model Rules; reporting of NAPLEX® (North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination™) scores to schools and colleges of pharmacy; medication assistance programs; reporting of pharmacy personnel terminations to the boards of pharmacy and the NABP Model State Pharmacy Act and Model Rules; electronic pedigrees; NABP and DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) collaboration; implementation of the Medicare Prescription Drug Modernization Act of 2003; and one recognition resolution.

The complete text of the resolutions is now available on NABP's Web site, www.nabp.net and will also be published in the forthcoming special Annual Meeting issue of the NABP Newsletter.

Renee Renganathan