How the ACA Works for You

The greatest benefit of Fellowship is the open sharing among Fellows of ideas for bringing greater success, both professionally and financially, to the pharmacy practice. The College is comprised of many individuals who hold leadership positions in other state and national pharmacy organizations and provides an excellent forum to discuss areas of mutual interest and benefit to the profession in addition to strengthening an individual practice.

Maintaining Fellowship in the College designates you as an individual who is committed to offering exemplary pharmacy services in your community.  A number of items are available to assist you in marketing this fact to your patients, potential patients and other health care practitioners in your community.

The ACA was a charter member of the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners (JCPP) which was established in 1977. The JCPP serves as a forum on matters of common interest and concern to national organizations of pharmacy practitioners and invited liaison members. The ACA served as Secretariat for the Commission for more than 30 years.

The ACA serves on the Standards Task Force for Pharmacy Compounding and the Board of Directors for the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB). PCAB is an organization supported by most national Pharmacy Associations to develop compounding standards and credential pharmacists for sterile compounding, complex non-sterile preparations and basic compounded prescription medications.

The ACA also serves on the Board of Directors of the Council on Credentialing in Pharmacy. This program is comprised of thirteen national pharmacy associations concerned with educational programs and standards of practice and certificate programs, as well as academic programs offered by colleges and schools of pharmacy.