RESOLUTION NO: 118-6-22
TITLE: Multistate Licensure
ACTION: PASS
WHEREAS, other health professions have developed infrastructure for multistate compacts for license portability to increase access to care; and
WHEREAS, NABP convened the Task Force on Mutual-Recognition Licensure and published its report in September 2018, which recommended examining enhancements to the current license transfer system that will address changes in practice and evaluate license portability; and
WHEREAS, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has demonstrated the need for interstate portability of pharmacist licensure and interstate practice; and
WHEREAS, during the COVID-19 pandemic, NABP Emergency Passport was developed to facilitate states in allowing individual facilities, pharmacists, technicians, and pharmacy interns to practice on a temporary or emergency basis in accordance with state emergency orders or as otherwise determined by the board of pharmacy without obtaining additional state-specific licenses;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that NABP examine the feasibility of creating a system to allow efficient interstate portability through a multistate licensure compact.
(Resolution passed at the 118th Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ.)