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

According to the provisions of the Pharmacy Law no. 266/2008, as consolidated and 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 the case of establishing new pharmaceutical units, as well as changes of the chief pharmacist—for those who will take over the position), shall 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 drafting and issuing 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 the main provisions of Decision no. 1/2007, as follows:
- The Current Professional Certificate will be drawn up 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 (three) 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 to the College of Pharmacists of Romania the standard application form for the drafting and issuance of the document;
- Within a maximum of 30 days from receiving the application, C.F.R. will draft the certificate and send it to the territorial college;
- The Current Professional Certificate is issued by the College of Pharmacists of Romania which will prepare it and send it to the territorial college;
- The territorial college will keep a Register of records—with identifying data of the Current Professional Certificates issued to pharmacists in the respective county—and will hand them over to the applicants with signature upon receipt.

To obtain the current professional certificate, the pharmacist will submit the application below and pay the fee of 100 lei into the account of the Mures College of Pharmacists: RO73BTRL02701205106420XX opened at Banca Transilvania Tg. Mureș.