Why can’t my driver’s license number or state ID card number be used as an identifier?
Driver’s license numbers and state-issued identification card numbers, like many other types of unique identifiers, are not routinely collected by all licensing boards for all licensed staff, and therefore would not be of use to NABP when attempting to verify the accuracy of the self-reported licensure information. The Social Security number is the only unique data element that is collected by all the boards, and that every registrant of the CPE Monitor service should have. NABP only uses a registrant’s Social Security number to verify data information with the Association’s member boards of pharmacy and for no other purpose. It is not shared, sold, or distributed externally, for any reason, except to a member board of pharmacy in conjunction with an official purpose related to application for licensure, or maintenance of that license, and only where required by the board. NABP has implemented strong security measures to safeguard the security of this information in its systems, to pre
