DECISION

Regarding the Current Professional Certificate, we would like to make the following clarifications:
for the amendment of Decision of the National Council of the College of Pharmacists of Romania
no. 1/2007 regarding the preparation and issuance of the current professional certificate

Pursuant to art. 589 letter c) of Law no. 95/2006 regarding health sector reform, republished, with subsequent amendments and additions, as well as art. 2 para. (2) and art. 15 of the Rules regarding the preparation, issuance, and use of certificates of honorability and professional morality for doctors,
dental doctors and pharmacists, approved by Government Decision no. 1,464/2006, the National Council of the College of Pharmacists of Romania d e c i d e s:
Article I
The Decision of the National Council of the College of Pharmacists of Romania no. 1/2007 regarding the preparation and issuance of the current professional certificate, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 324 of May 15, 2007, with subsequent amendments, is amended as follows:
1. In Article 3, paragraph (2) shall read as follows:
(2) Within a maximum of 10 calendar days from receiving the application, the College of Pharmacists of Romania will prepare the Current Professional Certificate and transmit it to the territorial college.
2. Article 4 shall read as follows:
Article 4
To obtain the Current Professional Certificate, the pharmacist shall submit or send electronically to the territorial college where they are a member, the standard application, as well as the following documents, if these have not already been submitted and registered with the territorial college where they are a member:
a)copy of the bachelor's degree;
b)copy of the membership certificate of the College of Pharmacists of Romania;
c)copy of the identity card, applicant's passport, other identity documents;
d)copy of documents regarding obtained specialties;
e)proof of payment of the certificate issuance fee.
3. In Article 5, paragraph (2) is repealed.
4. Annexes no. 2 and 3 are repealed .
Article II
This decision enters into force on January 1, 2024.
Article III
This decision is published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I.

In accordance with the provisions of Pharmacy Law no. 266/2008 in the consolidated form as published in O.G. no. 448/30.06.2009 Part I, as well as the Rules for implementation published in O.G. no. 538/03.07.2009 Part I, pharmacists who will hold the position of chief pharmacist in a pharmaceutical unit (in cases of new pharmaceutical units being established, as well as changes of chief pharmacist - for those who will take over the position), shall address the county colleges for obtaining the Current Professional Certificate.

The methodology for preparing and issuing the Current Professional Certificate was established by Decision of the National Council of 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 shall 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 receiving the request for issuance of the Current Professional Certificate, the territorial college shall transmit to the College of Pharmacists of Romania the standard application for the preparation and issuance of the document;

- Within a maximum of 30 days from receiving the application, the C.F.R. shall prepare the certificate and send it to the territorial college;

- The Current Professional Certificate shall be issued by the College of Pharmacists of Romania, which shall prepare it and transmit it to the territorial college;

- The territorial college shall prepare a Register of records – with the identification data of the Current Professional Certificates issued to pharmacists in that county – and will deliver them to applicants with a receipt signature.

The issuance fee for the Current Professional Certificate, in the amount of 150 lei, shall be paid into the account of the territorial college.