Pharmacy council of India set the margin to become president or vice president of state pharmacy councils. PCI notified that only registered pharmacists will now become president or vice president of state councils.
The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is a statutory body working under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi. It is constituted under tlte Pharmacy Act, 1948 and is responsible for regulation of pharmacy education for the purpose of registration as a pharmacist and practice of profession of pharmacy in the country.
It comes under PCI notice that sometimes the President or Vice President of the State Pharmacy Council are persons without Pharmacy qualification and as a result issues relating to pharmacy profession may face challenge.
In the view of it, in 115th Central Council meeting of the PCI which was held on 9.5.2022 and 10.5.2022, PCI decided that elected and nominated members of the State Pharmacy Councils u/s 19(a) and 19(b) holding the pharmacy qualification shall be the President and Vice President of the State Pharmacy Council.
