What is the Board of Pharmacy Specialties and what are its responsibilities?
The Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) is an administratively independent agency started by and physically housed on the premises of the American Pharmaceutical Association. The BPS is totally separate and distinct from ACCP. The BPS, via its specialty councils, is responsible for specialty examination content, administration, scoring, and all other aspects related to sitting for specialty certification examinations. For example, the Pharmacotherapy specialty examination is assembled, with the assistance of outside consultants, by the six pharmacotherapy specialist members of the Specialty Council on Pharmacotherapy and a select number of other pharmacotherapy specialists. Each specialty council recommends the passing score for its respective examination to the BPS for approval.
