Regarding the Current Professional Certificate, we wish 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 pharmacy unit (in cases of new pharmacy units establishment, as well as changes of chief pharmacist - for those who will take over the position), will address the county colleges to obtain the Current Professional Certificate.

Also, this document is required for those pharmacists who wish to practice their profession outside the country’s borders.

The methodology for drawing up and issuing the Current Professional Certificate was established by the Decision of the National Council of C.F.R. no. 1/2007, and revised by Decision no. 1 from 15.09.2023.

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 months from the date of issuance;
- Within a maximum period of 3 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 form request for drawing up and issuing the document;
- Within a maximum period of 10 days from receiving the request, the C.F.R. will draw up 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 transfer it to the territorial college;
- The territorial college will draw up a Registry – with the identification data of Current Professional Certificates issued to pharmacists in the respective county – and will hand them over to applicants with a receipt signature.

-The issuance fee for the current professional certificate according to Decision no.1/21.11.2024 is 150 lei.

To obtain the Current Professional Certificate, the pharmacist will submit to the territorial college a file containing the documents attached below.