Regarding the Current Professional Certificate, we would like to make the following clarifications:

According to the provisions of the Pharmacy Law no. 266/2008 in its consolidated form as 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 establishing new pharmaceutical units, as well as changes of chief pharmacist – for those who will take over the chief position), will address the county colleges for obtaining the Current Professional Certificate.

Also, this document is required 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 Decision of the National Council of the Romanian College of Pharmacists 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 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 issuance;
- Within a maximum of three days from receiving the request for issuing the Current Professional Certificate, the territorial college will send the standard application form to the College of Pharmacists of Romania for the preparation and issuance of the document;
- Within a maximum of 30 days from receiving the application, the College of Pharmacists of Romania will issue 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 maintain a Register – with identification data of the Current Professional Certificates issued to pharmacists in the respective county – and will hand them over to the applicants with a receipt signature.

The issuing fee for the Current Professional Certificate, in the amount of 100 lei, will be paid into the territorial college account RO07 BACX 0000 0030 2672 0000.

In order to obtain the Current Professional Certificate, the pharmacist will submit to the territorial college a file containing the documents attached below.