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 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 (for the establishment of new pharmaceutical units, as well as for the change of chief pharmacist - for those who will take over the chief 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 the preparation and issuance of the Current Professional Certificate was established by the Decision of the National Council of the R.P.C. 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 issuing 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 R.P.C. 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 send 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 the pharmacists of the respective county – and will hand them over to the applicants with receipt signature.

The issuance fee for the Current Professional Certificate, in the amount of 100 lei, will be paid into the account of the territorial College 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.