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 (in cases of establishment of new pharmaceutical units, as well as changes of 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 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 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 prepared by the College of Pharmacists of Romania and issued by the territorial college with which the applicant is registered; - The validity of the Current Professional Certificate is 3 months from the date of issue;

- Within a maximum of three days from receiving the request for the issuance of the Current Professional Certificate, the territorial college will send to the College of Pharmacists of Romania the standard request for the preparation and issuance of the document;

- Within a maximum of 30 days from receiving the request, 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 record – with identification data of the Current Professional Certificates issued to pharmacists in that county – and will hand them to the applicants under signature of receipt. The issuance fee for the Current Professional Certificate, amounting to 100 lei, will be paid into the account of the territorial College (RO22 RZBR 0000 0600 1439 8871 Raiffeisen Bank).

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