CPI Mission Statement

	To promote pharmacy as a profession and the role of the community retail pharmacy in the American concept of free enterprise by maintaining freedom of choice of pharmacy to all citizens of the state.
	To maintain and expand programs providing enhancement of education for the membership to strengthen their professional and business ability, and to encourage schools of pharmacy to place adequate emphasis on the practical realities of modern retail practice.
	To provide effective support and sponsorship of programs to encourage careers in retail pharmacy.
	To disseminate professional and economic information to the membership and to cooperate and participate with all government agencies in making available health information through the pharmacies of the nation to the public it serves.
	To maintain vigilance in administrative, legislative, and governmental affairs affecting the practice of retail pharmacy in the interest of the public welfare and to assure professional control of the pharmacy by pharmacists.
	To urge and assure representation and recognition of retail pharmacy along with other health professions on all local, state, and federal agencies serving the health and welfare of the public
	To encourage and support member pharmacists to participate effectively in political and administrative activity to assure quality, equity, and freedom of choice in all third party prepaid prescription programs financed by private or governmental sources.
	To exchange information among other health professions, to promote mutual understanding in areas affecting the practice of these health professions.
	To educate the lay public in the proper use of drugs, both prescription and non-prescription, and in the professional pharmacist's role in safe and effective drug counseling, therapy, and administration.
	To recognize that the future of community retail pharmacy is tied inextricably to the future of small business itself, and thus requires a continuing effort on behalf of small business in general.
	To promote pharmacy as a profession and the role of the community retail pharmacy in the American concept of free enterprise by maintaining freedom of choice of pharmacy to all citizens of the state.
	To maintain and expand programs providing enhancement of education for the membership to strengthen their professional and business ability, and to encourage schools of pharmacy to place adequate emphasis on the practical realities of modern retail practice.
	To provide effective support and sponsorship of programs to encourage careers in retail pharmacy.
	To disseminate professional and economic information to the membership and to cooperate and participate with all government agencies in making available health information through the pharmacies of the nation to the public it serves.
	To maintain vigilance in administrative, legislative, and governmental affairs affecting the practice of retail pharmacy in the interest of the public welfare and to assure professional control of the pharmacy by pharmacists.
	To urge and assure representation and recognition of retail pharmacy along with other health professions on all local, state, and federal agencies serving the health and welfare of the public.
	To encourage and support member pharmacists to participate effectively in political and administrative activity to assure quality, equity, and freedom of choice in all third party prepaid prescription programs financed by private or governmental sources.
	To exchange information among other health professions, to promote mutual understanding in areas affecting the practice of these health professions.
	To educate the lay public in the proper use of drugs, both prescription and non-prescription, and in the professional pharmacist's role in safe and effective drug counseling, therapy, and administration.
	To recognize that the future of community retail pharmacy is tied inextricably to the future of small business itself, and thus requires a continuing effort on behalf of small business in general.

NOTE: The Mission Statement was last updated several years ago. Please check back in the upcoming months for a revised mission statement and new goals/objectives.