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 the consolidated form as 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 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 for obtaining the Current Professional Certificate.

Also, this document is required 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 drafted by the College of Pharmacists in 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 receipt of the request for issuance of the Current Professional Certificate, the territorial college will send the standard application to the College of Pharmacists in Romania for drafting and issuing the document;

- Within a maximum of 30 days from receipt of the application, the College of Pharmacists in Romania will draft the certificate and send it to the territorial college;

- The Current Professional Certificate shall be issued by the College of Pharmacists in Romania who will create it and forward it to the territorial college;

- The territorial college will draft 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 a signature of receipt.

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