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 head pharmacist in a pharmaceutical unit (in cases of establishing new pharmaceutical units, as well as changes of head pharmacist - for those who will take over the position), shall apply to the county colleges for obtaining the Current Professional Certificate.

This document is also necessary for pharmacists who wish to practice their profession outside the country.

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 issuance;

- Within a maximum of three days from receipt of the request for issuing the Current Professional Certificate, the territorial college will send the standard application to the College of Pharmacists of Romania for drafting and issuing the document;

- Within a maximum of 30 days from receipt of the application, 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 prepare a Record Register - with the identification data of the Current Professional Certificates issued to pharmacists in the respective county - and will hand them over to the applicants upon signing a receipt.

The fee for issuing the Current Professional Certificate, in the amount of 100 lei, will be paid into the account of the territorial college ACCOUNT RO68BTRL00601205252035XX.

To obtain the Current Professional Certificate, the pharmacist will submit to the territorial college a file that will include the documents attached below.