First Register of Pharmacist: Immediately after independence until SPC was constituted.
Registration of Pharmacist
1. First Register of Pharmacist: Immediately after
independence until SPC was constituted.
2. Subsequent
Register:
During the period of implementation of Pharmacy Act and framing of Educational
Registrations.
3. Regular Register: After Education
Regulations came into force.
Immediately
after independence, there was shortage of pharmacists to run the hospitals and
drug stores. Due to chaotic condition prevailing then, the State Governments
were asked to appoint Registration Tribunal of 3 members of which one shall
act as Secretary-cum-Treasurer. In many States, this Registration Tribunal
consisted of professional and judiciary persons. Registration Tribunal fixed
last date for submitting application for registration as pharmacists provided
he/ she fulfilled following qualifications.
1. Minimum age of 18 years on date of application and
(a) If he/she holds
degree/diploma in pharmacy or pharmaceutical chemistry or an approved Chemist
and Druggist diploma issued by any State Government or a prescribed
qualification granted by an authority outside India.
Or
(b) A graduate in
any discipline with a minimum of three years experience in compounding and
dispensing in a hospital or dispensing at any other place where drugs are
regularly dispensed on prescriptions of medical practitioners.
Or
(c) A person who has
passed examination recognized as adequate by the State Government for
compounders or dispensers.
Or
(d)A person with
mlOlmum of five years experience in compounding or dispensing in a hospital or
dispensary on prescriptions of medical practitioners.
After receipt of
applications, the Registration Tribunal scrutinized the same and directed
Secretary to enter the names of eligible candidates in Register as pharmacists.
Any person aggrieved or not satisfied with the decision of Registration
Tribunal was given 60 days time to appeal to a Special Appelate Authority,
constituted for this purpose by the State Government and the decision of Appelate
Authority was final and binding. After the formation State Pharmacy Council,
the register was handed over to it.
For
the interim period until Education Regulations were enforced in the State, the
names of eligible candidates were included in the register of pharmacists on
fulfilling the following criteria.
1. Minimum age of 18 years
2. A person
satisfying conditions prescribed with the prior approval of the Central
Councilor conditions entitling a person to have his name entered on the first
register, provided he is a matriculate.
Or
A person with
matriculate qualification who is a registered pharmacist in another State.
After implementation
of Education Regulations framed by the Pharmacy Council of India, only a
diploma in pharmacy holder of an institution approved by PCI who has undergone
practical training of500 hours after completion of D. Pharm. course is only
eligible for registration as pharmacist.
There were two major
amendments to the Pharmacy Act, 1948 for the purpose of registration of pharmacists
in 1959 and 1976.
According to the
amendment to Act in 1959, the First Register was once again opened for
consideration of following categories of people for the purpose of registration
as pharmacists.
(a)
The persons who were displaced as a result of partition of country from
erstwhile territory of India which is part of Pakistan and who were carrying on
the business or profession of pharmacy as their principal means of livelihood
on or before 4th March, 1948, and satisfy the conditions for
inclusion in the First Register of Pharmacists.
(b) The citizens of
India who have been carrying on the business or profession of pharmacy in any
country outside India, provided they are qualified for registration in First
Register.
(c)
The persons who resided in an area which has become a territory of India and
they satisfy the conditions for registration in First Register.
(d) The persons belonging to an area which has become part
of other State as a result of State Reorganization on 1st November,
1956. Eventhough, the First Registration in such a State was closed, the
persons in this category were enrolled as pharmacists in First Register
provided they have fulfilled the criteria laid down for enrollment in the First
Register.
(e) A person who has
not responded to the call of registration in First Register eventhough he/she
was qualified to be registered, due to ignorance or any other reason was once
again given one time opportunity for registration.
The amendment to the Pharmacy Act in 1976 had considered following categories of
people for registration as pharmacists:
(a) The displaced
persons as a result of Bangladesh war or from Sri Lanka, Burma and Uganda or
any other country between 14th April, 1957 and 25th March, 1971 provided they were
carrying on business or profession of pharmacy as their principal means of
livelihood for a period of not less than five years. This clause was also
applicable to the persons affected by Goa Liberation Movement who were
practicing pharmacy as per requirement in First Register.
(b) The Persons
identified in the provision for the Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 1940 as qualified persons until 31"t December, 1969 who
were professing pharmacy were also considered for registration as pharmacists.
These amendments
were necessitated on humanitarian grounds and to attend to genuine difficulties
in preparing the First Register. However, as on today the registration of
pharmacists is strictly for diploma or degree in pharmacy holders from an
institution approved by PCI.
The
State Pharmacy Council maintains up-to-date Register of pharmacists after
collection of requisite fees including following information.
(i)
Full Name of pharmacist and his/her residential address
(ii)
The date of his/her first admission to the Register
(iii) Qualification, year of passing of qualifying
examination
(iv) Professional address
(v) Date of Birth and any other particulars as prescribed.
The Registrar
appointed by SPC makes necessary entries in the Register and issues the receipt
for registration which is a documentary evidence for registration. A
certificate of registration is also issued by State Pharmacy Council on payment
of fees. Anyone who is aggrieved by the decision of Registrar for non-inclusion
of his/her name in Register may appeal to SPC within three months and the
decision of SPC regarding registration shall be final.
The Registrar, on
payment of fees, may issue duplicate certificate only on confirmation that the
original is lost or destroyed.
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