Is it necessary for licensed pharmacists to take the exam?

Need to take a licensed pharmacist certificate.

For practitioners of pharmacy and traditional Chinese medicine, the qualification certificate of licensed pharmacist is a very important certificate, which is recognized by the state. As long as you are engaged in pharmacy and Chinese medicine, it is very important to have this qualification certificate.

Use of licensed pharmacists

1. The main managers of retail pharmacies must be licensed pharmacists. At the beginning of last year, the relevant state departments issued the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Food Safety and the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Drug Safety. It is mentioned in the plan that "the main managers of retail pharmacies are all qualified as licensed pharmacists, and licensed pharmacists guide rational drug use in the course of operation."

Not long ago, the US Food and Drug Administration in Guangdong issued the Measures for the Classification Management of Pharmaceutical Retail Enterprises (Trial), which also mentioned: "The legal representative or person in charge of the enterprise should have the qualification of licensed pharmacist (or licensed pharmacist)".

By the end of February 20 17, 18, the registered number of licensed pharmacists in China was 40843 1. At present, the average number of licensed pharmacists per 10,000 population is only 3.0, and the market gap of licensed pharmacists is huge.

2, the new pharmacy must be equipped with two licensed pharmacists. On September 20 17, the US Food and Drug Administration in Hefei issued the Interim Provisions on Strengthening the Supervision and Management of Drug Retail Enterprises in Hefei, requiring that a newly opened pharmacy should be equipped with two licensed pharmacists registered in this pharmacy, and their work units should be the same as those specified in the Licensed Pharmacist Registration Certificate. If there are Chinese herbal pieces in the business scope, it shall be equipped with licensed Chinese pharmacists.

This means that a pharmacy must be equipped with licensed pharmacists. Under the requirements of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", it is believed that relevant regulations will be introduced one after another in various places to ensure "one licensed pharmacist in one store", and the market demand for licensed pharmacists will reach a new high; Moreover, at present, the registered data of licensed pharmacists in China looks huge, but the gap is very large!

Career prospects

Licensed pharmacists are a special profession related to people's life, health and safety, and it is very important to have high-level and high-quality pharmaceutical services. In order to improve the professional quality of licensed pharmacists in China, the Licensed Pharmacist Qualification Certification Center of China Food and Drug Administration has been implementing the "Licensed Pharmacist Ability and Education Promotion Plan" since 20 13 to meet the needs of licensed pharmacists for practicing ability and higher-level education.

In the future, these certified people will be a few elites, and they will also have extensive employment opportunities. As long as people still need to buy medicines, as long as pharmacies need to continue to operate, and as long as pharmaceutical companies need to continue to operate, there is unlimited room for the promotion of licensed pharmacists.