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 in the consolidated form as published in the Official Gazette no. 448/30.06.2009 Part I, as well as the Implementation Rules published in 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 establishing new pharmaceutical units, as well as changes of chief pharmacist - for those who will take over the position of chief), will address the county colleges to obtain the Current Professional Certificate.

Also, this document is required for pharmacists who want to practice their profession outside the country.

The methodology for preparing and issuing the Current Professional Certificate was established by the Decision of the National Council of the College of Pharmacists from Romania 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 from 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 issuing the Current Professional Certificate, the territorial college will send to the College of Pharmacists from Romania the standard request form for preparing and issuing the document:

Within a maximum of 30 days from receiving the request, the College of Pharmacists from Romania will prepare the certificate and send it to the territorial college

The Current Professional Certificate shall be issued by the College of Pharmacists from Romania which will prepare and send it to the territorial college;

The territorial college will prepare a Register of records - with the identification data of the Current Professional Certificates issued to pharmacists from the respective county - and will hand them over to the applicants with a signed receipt.

The fee for issuing the Current Professional Certificate, in the amount of 100 RON, will be paid into the account of the territorial college RO50CECEBR0137RON0117763.