Ghana - Obtain Pharmacists License

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. To Obtain Pharmacists License in Ghana, the applicant must go to the Ghana Ministry of Health (MOH).
2. Address and contact details can be found in the following contact link
3. Applicant must obtain the application form from the MOH.
4. The applicant has to make sure he or she has all the required documents that are required for this process to be successful and they can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page.
5. Payment of appropriate fees should be made and that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
6. On completion of this process, the Board will, within sixty days of receipt of the application, issue to the applicant a practicing license in the prescribed form upon being satisfied that the applicant:
   • Is duly registered or enrolled.
   • Is not for the time being suspended from practice and
   • Has complied with such other conditions as the Board may prescribe including fulfilment of the prescribed requirements for continuous professional education for that year.
7. The processing time for this procedure takes sixty days.

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Required Documents

• Educational Qualification certificates (12th, all years’ mark sheet of D. Pharmacy, B.
• Proof of registration certificate
• Proof of Identification and Proof of residence in state applying for registration
• Date of Birth Proof
• Practical training certificate (For D. Pharmacy students only)
• Proof of Prescribed fee
• Photographs
• Affidavit if required
• Original character certificate / College Leaving Certificate/Migration /transfer certificate
• Letter from pharmacy institution/college showing its approval from PCI for the year in which candidate qualifies for its diploma/degree
• Diploma Degree certificate
• Any other document asked by state pharmacy council

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Health
Address: SekouToure Avenue North Ridge
Adjacent National Health Insurance Head Office
Accra
HR23+VF2, Accra
P.O. Box M 44 Accra Ghana
Digital Address: GA-029-4296
Fax NO: +233 302 665651
Telephone: +233 302 665651/+233302668782
Email: [email protected]
Contact link
Location link

Eligibility

• Applicant should be a Registered Pharmacists.

Fees

• Application Fee: GHS5,000/-
• License Fee: No Fee

Validity

• Validity for this license is 1 years.

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure takes sixty days.

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Instructions

• There shall be a register to be known as the Register of Pharmacists in which shall be recorded by the Registrar the names of registered pharmacists.
• The Register shall be in such form as the Council shall determine.

Required Information

• Name of the applicant
• Address of the applicant
• Email id of the applicant
• Contact number
• City/country/town details
• Postal address
• Region
• Nationality
• Age of the applicant
• Qualification details
• Pharmacists name
• Address of the pharmacists
• Website address of the pharmacists
• Signature
• Declaration

Need for the Document

• No person is allowed to engage in practice as a pharmacist unless that person holds a valid practicing license.

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Restrictions on use of Pharmacists

• A person who is not a pharmacist shall not describe himself or hold himself out to be a pharmacist by the use of the terms `pharmacist', `chemist', `dispenser of drugs', `druggist', `compounder of drugs', or any other similar term.
• No person shall open or permit any other person to open any premises to the public under the description of `pharmacy', `dispensary', `chemist', `drug store' or any other similar description unless a registered pharmacist is on the premises to supervise the dispensing of drugs or medication.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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