DECISION

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

Based on art. 589 letter c) of Law no. 95/2006 regarding health sector reform, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, as well as art. 2 para. (2) and art. 15 of the Rules regarding the drafting, issuance, and use of evidence of honorability and professional morality for doctors,
dentists 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 drafting and issuance of the current professional certificate, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 324 of May 15, 2007, as amended, is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 3, paragraph (2) shall have the following wording:
(2) Within a maximum of 10 calendar days from receipt of the application, the College of Pharmacists of Romania will draft the current professional certificate and send it to the territorial college.
2. Article 4 shall have the following wording:
Article 4
To obtain the current professional certificate, the pharmacist shall submit or send electronically to the territorial college to which they belong the standard application, as well as the following documents if they have not already been submitted and registered with the respective territorial college:
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 document, applicant's passport, other identity documents;
d) copy of documents regarding obtained specializations;
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 In Article 5, paragraph (2) is repealed.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 Annexes no. 2 and 3 are repealed.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 shall be 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 of Application 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 establishment of new pharmaceutical units, as well as changes of chief pharmacist — for those who will take over the chief position), must address the county colleges to obtain the Current Professional Certificate.

The methodology for drafting and issuing the Current Professional Certificate was established by 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.

We present below the main provisions of Decision no. 1/2007, as follows:

- The Current Professional Certificate will be drafted 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 will send to the College of Pharmacists of Romania the standard request for drafting and issuance of the document;

- Within a maximum of 30 days from receipt of the request, the C.F.R. will draft 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 draft a Register of records – with the identification data of the Current Professional Certificates issued to pharmacists in that county – and will hand them to applicants with a receipt signature.

The fee for issuance of the Current Professional Certificate, in the amount of 150 lei, will be paid to the account of the territorial College.