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Pharmacies Must Display New Certificates of Registration
Date: 22 April 2009 The PSI (Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland), the pharmacy regulator, has issued new certificates of registration to pharmacies which must now be clearly displayed on the premises so that the public can ensure that the pharmacy they use is properly registered with the regulator.
Dr Ambrose McLoughlin, Registrar and CEO of the PSI, described the development as more progress in the drive for accountability and transparency in the sector. “As well as the pharmacy’s certificate being displayed, the certificate of registration of the supervising pharmacist must also be conspicuously displayed in the pharmacy from now on. This, in addition to the new online registers of pharmacies and pharmacists, which is available on the PSI website www.pharmaceuticalsociety.ie, will help the public to check the registration status and credentials of a pharmacy or pharmacist.”
A register of retail pharmacy businesses (pharmacies) was introduced this year for the first time and from 01 January 2009 all pharmacies operating in the State must be registered with the PSI in order to legally open and operate.
The new regulations governing the operation of pharmacies, which require all pharmacies to operate to the same high standards, include a new professional management structure of superintendent and supervising pharmacists in every pharmacy.
The management of the sale and supply of medicines in a pharmacy is now under the strategic control of a superintendent pharmacist. Each pharmacy must also have a supervising pharmacist responsible for managing the pharmacy on a day-to-day basis. New annual certificates of registration have also been issued to all pharmacists and pharmaceutical assistants, and all registered pharmacists have also been issued with a European Health Professional wallet card.
Under the new pharmacy regulations, the sale and supply of all medicines in pharmacies must be by or under the personal supervision of a pharmacist, and the pharmacist must ensure that patients have sufficient information and advice to use and store their medicines correctly and safely.
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