CPhA and NACDS Launch Advanced Practice Pharmacist Certificate Training Course
The California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) and National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) have partnered to launch a new certificate training program that will qualify California pharmacists to attain California’s Advanced Practice Pharmacist (APP) designation. The APP designation is required under California law in order for community pharmacists to be eligible to enter into a collaborative practice agreement.
According to the press release, “[a]dvanced practice pharmacists are authorized to perform patient assessments, order and interpret drug-therapy related tests, participate in the evaluation and management of disease and health conditions, refer patients to other providers, and [—in accordance with a protocol with a physician or facility—] initiate, adjust or discontinue drug therapy for patients.”