Bistrita Nasaud College of Pharmacists*

In order to proceed with the issuance of a duplicate Certificate of Membership of the College of Pharmacists of Romania, the applicant must submit the complete documentation at the headquarters of the College of Pharmacists Bucharest, in accordance with the provisions of Decision no. 4/2004 of the National Council of the College of Pharmacists of Romania.

The reinstatement of membership is done based on a request, which the applicant, the pharmacist, submits to the headquarters of the territorial College, respectively the Bucharest College of Pharmacists, through which they request the reinstatement of membership starting from a certain date.

The transfer note is issued by the college where the pharmacist is registered, based on a request. Before the transfer note is issued, the requesting pharmacist is required to pay up to date the contribution owed to the college from which they wish to leave. The transfer note will be handed over to the requester, under signature. In the pharmacists’ register (https://portal.tm-c.eu/LstFarma/ColegFarm) the college to which the pharmacist has transferred will be mentioned. If a complaint has been registered at the college from which the pharmacist is transferring or a disciplinary investigation has been initiated, the complaint or the disciplinary file will be forwarded to the college to which the pharmacist is transferred.

The membership certificate is granted to pharmacists who, by making an express request in this regard, meet the following conditions: hold an official pharmacy qualification, are not in any cases of unworthiness or incompatibility provided by law, are medically fit to practice the profession of pharmacist, have not interrupted the practice of the profession for a period longer than 5 years or have obtained the bachelor's degree in the last 5 years, have paid the registration fee (the fee is paid into the territorial college account RO68BTRL00301205252035XX in the amount of 208 lei for persons who registered within 1 YEAR of graduation and 235 lei for the rest of the persons).

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

In accordance with the provisions of 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 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 establishment of new pharmaceutical units, as well as changes of the chief pharmacist - for those who will take over the position of chief), will contact 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 methodology for the preparation and issuance of 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.

Below we present to you 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 with which 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 the receipt of the request for issuing the Current Professional Certificate, the territorial college will send to the College of Pharmacists of Romania the standard request for the preparation and issuance of the document;

- Within a maximum of 30 days from receiving the request, the C.F.R. will prepare 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 transmit 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 under signature of 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.

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

Suspension of membership status occurs when the applicant, the pharmacist, for certain reasons, wishes to interrupt their activity for a certain period of time and submits to the headquarters of the territorial College a request through which they ask for the suspension of their membership status. At the time of requesting this suspension, the pharmacist must have paid their membership fee up to the end of the year and must fulfill the requirement of continuous professional training by completing 40 EFC hours for the respective period.

The pharmacist is obliged to inform the College of Pharmacists of Romania within 30 days of resuming activity.