NAPLEX Reinstated Through Diligent Efforts of NABP, Prometric

October 9, 2007 12:00 AM

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy^® (NABP^®) is pleased to announce that as of October 5, 2007, the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination^™ (NAPLEX^®) has been reinstated in all Prometric testing centers, several weeks earlier than the originally anticipated date.

The examination will be offered at Prometric testing centers during regular business hours, Monday through Saturday. Candidates who have been deemed eligible for the NAPLEX by their respective state boards of pharmacy may schedule appointments to sit for the examination. Those candidates who have existing appointments, either selected prior to the suspension of the NAPLEX or rescheduled by Prometric during the suspension, are responsible for rescheduling their appointments if they wish to test at an earlier date and time.

Extraordinary efforts by the NABP Executive Committee, NABP examination committees, NABP staff, and the NABP testing vendor, Prometric, led to the rapid reinstatement of the NAPLEX.

“NABP maintained a rigorous schedule, working closely with Prometric personnel and NAPLEX Review Committee members to prepare and analyze items and verify that the examination met all validity and quality assurance measures required for the NAPLEX,” states NABP President Oren M. Peacock, Jr. “While the integrity of the examination remains our top priority, NABP understands the importance of this examination for those candidates seeking licensure, and dedicated extensive resources to achieving this reinstatement as quickly as possible.”

NABP applauds the efforts of the Prometric team that made the earlier than anticipated reinstatement possible. Efforts with Prometric to reinstate the Georgia Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination^® (MPJE^®) are ongoing. NABP cautiously estimates that the Georgia MPJE will be reinstated in late November 2007 or early December 2007.

Larissa Doucette