Regarding the Current Professional Certificate, we would like to make the following clarifications:
In accordance with the provisions of the Pharmacy Law no. 266/2008 as consolidated and published in the Official Gazette no. 448/30.06.2009, Part I, as well as the Implementation Norms published in the Official Gazette no. 538/03.07.2009, Part I, pharmacists who will hold the position of chief pharmacist in a pharmaceutical unit (in cases of establishment of new pharmaceutical units, as well as changes of chief pharmacist – for those who will take over the chief position), shall address the county colleges for obtaining the Current Professional Certificate.
This document is also necessary for pharmacists who wish to practice their profession outside the country's borders.
The methodology for preparing and issuing the Current Professional Certificate was established by the Decision of the National Council of the C.F.R. no. 1/2007, decision published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 324 of 15.05.2007.
Below we present the main provisions of Decision no. 1/2007, as follows:
- The Current Professional Certificate will be prepared by the College of Pharmacists of Romania and issued by the territorial college where the applicant is registered;
- The validity of the Current Professional Certificate is 3 months from the date of issue;
- Within a maximum of three days from the receipt of the request for issuance of the Current Professional Certificate, the territorial college will send the standard application form for preparing and issuing the document to the College of Pharmacists of Romania;
- Within a maximum of 30 days from receiving the application, C.F.R. will prepare the certificate and send it to the territorial college;
- The Current Professional Certificate will be issued by the College of Pharmacists of Romania, which will prepare it and send it to the territorial college;
- The territorial college will prepare a Record Register – with the identification data of the Current Professional Certificates issued to pharmacists in the respective county – and will hand them over to applicants against signature of receipt.
The fee for issuing the Current Professional Certificate, in the amount of 100 lei, will be paid into the account of the territorial College RO56RNCB0003037778210001.
To obtain the Current Professional Certificate, the pharmacist will submit to the territorial college a file that will include the documents attached below.
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