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url: "https://dfylegitscript.com/glossary"
title: "LegitScript and Telehealth Compliance Glossary"
description: "Definitions for 10 LegitScript, telehealth and payments-compliance terms, including 503A pharmacy, 503B outsourcing facility, Google Ads Healthcare Certification and LegitScript Healthcare Certification."
modified: "2026-08-13T05:44:11+00:00"
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# LegitScript and Telehealth Compliance Glossary

Definitions for 10 LegitScript, telehealth and payments-compliance terms, including 503A pharmacy, 503B outsourcing facility, Google Ads Healthcare Certification and LegitScript Healthcare Certification.

## [503A pharmacy](https://dfylegitscript.com/glossary/503a-pharmacy)

Also written as 503A.

A 503A pharmacy is a traditional compounding pharmacy that prepares medications for an identified individual patient pursuant to a prescription, rather than in bulk batches.

## [503B outsourcing facility](https://dfylegitscript.com/glossary/503b-outsourcing-facility)

Also written as 503B.

A 503B outsourcing facility is a compounder registered with the FDA that may produce medications in bulk without patient-specific prescriptions, subject to current good manufacturing practice requirements.

## [Google Ads Healthcare Certification](https://dfylegitscript.com/glossary/google-ads-healthcare-certification)

Also written as Google Ads certification.

Google Ads Healthcare Certification is a separate approval, filed at the child-account level and referencing your public LegitScript listing, that a telemedicine advertiser must obtain in addition to LegitScript certification before ads will serve.

## [LegitScript Healthcare Certification](https://dfylegitscript.com/glossary/legitscript-healthcare-certification)

Also written as Healthcare Merchant Certification and LegitScript certification.

LegitScript Healthcare Certification is a private compliance credential that payment networks and advertising platforms require from pharmacies, telemedicine providers, and other healthcare merchants before they may process card-not-present transactions or advertise online.

## [MCC 5122](https://dfylegitscript.com/glossary/mcc-5122)

MCC 5122 is the merchant category code for drugs, drug proprietaries, and druggist sundries, classified by the card networks as high-integrity risk.

## [MCC 5912](https://dfylegitscript.com/glossary/mcc-5912)

MCC 5912 is the merchant category code for drug stores and pharmacies, classified by the card networks as high-integrity risk.

## [NABP](https://dfylegitscript.com/glossary/nabp)

Also written as National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.

NABP is the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, whose accreditation programs some advertising platforms accept as an alternative to LegitScript certification, and which state boards and payers recognise more directly.

## [Notice of Privacy Practices](https://dfylegitscript.com/glossary/notice-of-privacy-practices)

Also written as NPP.

A Notice of Privacy Practices is the HIPAA-mandated document describing how a covered entity uses and discloses protected health information, and is a separate requirement from a website privacy policy.

## [Probationary Certification](https://dfylegitscript.com/glossary/probationary-certification)

Probationary Certification is a LegitScript certification status applied to merchants whose risk profile requires closer monitoring, at a higher annual fee.

## [VIRP](https://dfylegitscript.com/glossary/virp)

Also written as Visa Integrity Risk Program.

VIRP is the Visa Integrity Risk Program, under which acquirers must register merchants in high-integrity-risk categories and pay a registration fee.

## Disclaimer

LegitScript is a trademark of LegitScript LLC. VeriScripts is an independent application-preparation service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or certified by LegitScript LLC, and claims no sponsorship or partnership with it. We prepare, submit, and manage the application; LegitScript alone decides whether certification is granted. "LegitScript" is used here only to name the certification these applications are for.