Olt Pharmacists' College*

The resumption of membership is done based on an application, which the applicant, the pharmacist, submits to the headquarters of the Territorial College, respectively the Bucharest College of Pharmacists, through which they request the resumption of membership starting from a specific date.

In support of the request, the documents listed below are attached.

The suspension of membership is made 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, namely the Bucharest College of Pharmacists, a request by which they ask for the suspension of their membership. When requesting this suspension, the pharmacist must have paid the membership fee until the end of the year and must meet the condition of continuous professional training with a number of 40 EFC hours for that period.

In support of the requests, the documents presented below are attached.

The pharmacist undertakes to inform the Romanian College of Pharmacists within 30 days of resuming activity.

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

In support of the requested matters, the documents listed below are attached.

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

In accordance with 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 Application 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 the chief 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 methodology for preparing and issuing the Current Professional Certificate was established by the 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 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 the receipt of the request for the issuance of the Current Professional Certificate, the territorial college will send to the College of Pharmacists of Romania the standard application for the preparation and issuance of the document;
- Within a maximum of 30 days from the receipt of the application, 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 and send it to the territorial college;
- The territorial college will prepare a Registry of records – with the identification data of the Current Professional Certificates issued to pharmacists from that county – and will hand them over to the applicants against signature of receipt.

The issuance fee for the Current Professional Certificate, in the amount of 150 lei, will be paid into the account of the territorial College.

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