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 application regulations published in the Official Gazette no. 538/03.07.2009 Part I, pharmacists who will hold the position of head pharmacist in a pharmaceutical unit (in cases of new pharmaceutical units being grabbing established, as well as the change of the head pharmacist – for those who will take over the position), will address the county colleges to obtain the Current Professional Certificate.

Also, this document is necessary for pharmacists who wish to practice their profession outside the country's borders.

The procedure for preparing and issuing the Current Professional Certificate was established by Decision of the National Council of the Romanian Pharmacists’ College 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 drawn up 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 application speculating the issuance of the Current Professional Certificate, the territorial college shall send to the College of Pharmacists of Romania the specific request form for drafting and issuing the document;

- Within a maximum of 30 days from the receipt of the request, the C.F.R. will draw up 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 and send it to the territorial college;
- The territorial college will draw up a Register of records – with identifying data of the Current Professional Certificates issued to pharmacists in that county – and will hand them over to the applicants with signature of receipt.

To obtain the Current Professional Certificate, the pharmacist will submit to the territorial college, a file which will consist of the documents annexed below.