Specialty Pharmacy

To apply for an NABP accreditation, businesses must meet and maintain basic eligibility requirements. Review the Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation eligibility requirements below to determine if you are qualified to apply.

• You are a licensed pharmacy operating in the United States, with current and active licenses in good standing, in all jurisdictions in which you are conducting business (unless licensure is not required by law).
• You predominantly serve human patients (defined as veterinary prescription volume less than 20%). 
• Your business location is not a personal residence.
• You are operational in all activities for at least 30 days.
• You have a licensed pharmacist (ie, responsible person/pharmacist-in-charge) in full and actual charge of the pharmacy operations, personnel, and compliance with federal and state regulations, laws and rules regarding the practice of pharmacy.
• Your specialty pharmacy seeking accreditation is compliant with the following statements now or will become compliant with them during the course of the accreditation process:
  • The practice has an organizational infrastructure to support the provision of specialty pharmacy care.
  • The practice has appropriate documents and current licensure required of the specialty pharmacy practice.
  • The practice provides services that enable patient access to specialty medications.
  • The practice provides comprehensive benefits investigation, prior authorization assistance, and benefits coordination on behalf of the patients it serves.
  • The practice provides clinical management services.
  • The practice facilitates coordinated patient management through enrollment communications to patients and prescribers.
  • The practice implements a continuous quality improvement program.
  • The practice reports and evaluates quality outcomes and quality metrics to assess the effectiveness of patient care.
• Your facility should know the drug approval status for each prescription drug you market, offer, produce, compound, receive, purchase, hold, store, ship/deliver, sell, distribute, and/or dispense. For prescription drugs that have not undergone the FDA drug approval process, self-assess your eligibility for Accreditation within the principles outlined in NABP’s policy titled Unapproved Prescription Drug Evaluation.

Accreditation Standards Overview

The Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation Standards Overview provides a brief introduction to the set of required pharmacy standards to achieve accreditation.