DECISION

Regarding the Current Professional Certificate, we would like to make the following clarifications:
for the amendment of the Decision of the National Council of the College of Pharmacists of Romania
no. 1/2007 regarding the preparation and issuing of the current professional certificate

Based on art. 589 letter c) of Law no. 95/2006 regarding health care reform, republished, with subsequent modifications and completions, as well as art. 2 paragraph (2) and art. 15 of the Norms regarding the preparation, issuing, and use of certificates of professional honorability and morality for doctors,
dentists and pharmacists, approved by Government Decision no. 1.464/2006, the National Council of the College of Pharmacists of Romania d e c i d e s:
Article I
The Decision of the National Council of the College of Pharmacists of Romania no. 1/2007 regarding the preparation and issuing of the current professional certificate, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 324 of May 15, 2007, with subsequent amendments, is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 3, paragraph (2) shall have the following content:
(2) Within a maximum of 10 calendar days from the receipt of the application, the College of Pharmacists of Romania will prepare the current professional certificate and will send it to the territorial college.
2. Article 4 shall have the following content:
Article 4
To obtain the current professional certificate, the pharmacist shall submit or send electronically to the territorial college of which he/she is a member the standard application form, as well as the following documents, if these have not already been submitted and registered at the territorial college of which he/she is a member:
a) copy of the bachelor's degree;
b) copy of the membership certificate of the College of Pharmacists of Romania;
c) copy of the identity card, applicant's passport, or other identity documents;
d) copy of the documents regarding acquired specializations;
e) proof of payment of the certificate issuance fee.
3. In article 5, paragraph (2) is repealed.
4. Annexes no. 2 and 3 are repealed.
Article II
This decision comes into force on January 1, 2024.
Article III
This decision is published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I.

In accordance with the provisions of the Pharmacy Law no. 266/2008, as consolidated and published in Official Gazette no. 448/30.06.2009 Part I, as well as the Application Norms published in 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 setting up new pharmaceutical units, as well as changes of chief pharmacist - for those who will take over the chief position), will address county colleges for obtaining the Current Professional Certificate.

The methodology for the preparation and issuing of the Current Professional Certificate was established by Decision of the National Council of 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 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 request for issuing the Current Professional Certificate, the territorial college will send the standard application to the College of Pharmacists of Romania for preparing and issuing the document;

- Within a maximum of 30 days from receiving the application, 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 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 pharmacists in that county – and will hand them to applicants with a receipt signature.

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