Pharmacy Council of India
The Pharmacy Council of India was constituted on 09.08.1949 under section 3 of the Pharmacy Act. The Pharmacy Act 1948 was enacted on 04.03.1948 with the objective to regulate the profession of pharmacy. The Pharmacy Council also regulates pharmacy education and profession in India upto graduate level.
The objectives of the Council are as follows.
• Regulation of the Pharmacy Education in the Country for the purpose of registration as a pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act.
• Regulation of Profession and Practice of Pharmacy.
Additionally, the Council has following important functions:
• To prescribe minimum standard of education required for qualifying as a pharmacist.
• Framing of Education Regulations prescribing the conditions to be fulfilled by the institutions seeking approval of the Pharmacy Council of India for imparting education in pharmacy.
• To ensure uniform implementation of the educational standards through out the country.
• Inspection of Pharmacy Institutions seeking approval under the Pharmacy Act to verify availability of the prescribed norms.
• To approve the course of study and examination for pharmacists i e. approval of the academic training institutions providing pharmacy courses.
• To withdraw approval, if the approved course of study or an approved examination does not continue to be in conformity with the educational standards prescribed by the Pharmacy Council of India.
• To approve qualifications granted outside the territories to which the Pharmacy Act extends i.e. the approval of foreign qualification.
• To maintain Central Register of Pharmacists.
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