Pharmacy Council of India. 1948 - Pharmacy act. constitution and functions.

1. Pharmacy act
1948

2. CONTENTS
 The objectives of the Act.
 The constitution and functions of
Pharmacy council of India.
 The constitution and functions of
State and Joint state pharmacy
councils.
 The qualifications for Pharmacist
required for first and subsequent
registers.
 The offences and penalties of the Act.

3. To provide
uniform education
and training to
those persons
willing to enter the
pharmacy
profession.
To maintain control
over the persons of
the pharmacy
profession by
registering them as
registered
pharmacists in
every state and
union territories
OBJECTIVES

5. INTRODUCTORY
Chapter 1
CENTRAL COUNCIL
Chapter 2
STATE
PHARMACY
COUNCILS
MISCELLANEOUS
REGISTRATION OF
PHARMACISTS
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
PHARMACY ACT
1948

6. Central Council means the Pharmacy Council of India constituted under section 3;.
State Council means the State Council of Pharmacy constituted under the Act and includes the joint
state pharmacy councils.
Central Register means the register of Pharmacists maintained by the Central Council (Pharmacy
council of India) under section
15A;.
Medical Practitioner means a person holding-medical qualification as provided in the Indian Medical
Degree’s Act or Indian Medical Council Act or a person registered or eligible for registration in the
medical Register of the State or a Dentist or a Veterinarian.
Registered Pharmacist means a person whose name, for the time being, is entered in the Register of
Pharmacists of the state in which he is for time being residing or carrying on his profession or
business of Pharmacy.
"Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee of the Central Council or of the State Council
DEFINITIONS

7. means a University within the meaning of
section 3 of the University Grants Commission
Act, 1956, (3 of 1956) and includes such other
institutions, being institutions established by or
under a Central Act, as the Central
Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, specify in this behalf
means a person whose name is for
the time being entered in the register
of the State in which he is for the
time being residing or carrying on his
profession or business of pharmacy
(i) holding a qualification granted by an authority specified or notified under section 3 of the Indian Medical
Degrees Act, 1916 (7 of 1916), or specified in the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of
1956); or
(ii) registered or eligible for registration in a medical register of a State meant for the registration of
persons practising the modern scientific system of medicine; or
(iii) registered in a medical register of a State, who, although not falling within sub-clause(i) or sub-clause
(ii) is declared by a general or special order made by the State Government in this behalf as a person
practising the modern scientific system of medicine for the purposes of this Act; or
(iv) registered or eligible for registration in the register of dentists for a State under the Dentists Act, 1948
(16 of 1948); or
(v) who is engaged in the practise of veterinary medicine and who possesses qualifications approved by the
State Government;
Indian University registered pharmacist
medical practitioner

8. Pharmacy
Council of India
The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is constituted by the Central
Government every five years.
The first Pharmacy Council of India was constituted in the year, 1949.

9. (i) Six members, at least one teacher each of Pharmacy,
Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy elected by
UGC from the teaching staff of an Indian University or an
affiliated college granting a degree or diploma in Pharmacy.
(i) One member, elected by the Medical Council of India from
amongst its members.
(ii) One member elected by each State Pharmacy Council who
shall be a Registered Pharmacist.
A. Elected members:

10. B. Nominated members:
(i) Six members, nominated by the Central Government, including at least
four persons possessing degree or diploma in Pharmacy and engaged in
the practice of Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
(ii) One representative each of University Grants Commission and the All
India Council for Technical Education.
(iii) One Registered Pharmacist to represent each State nominated by the
State Government/Union Territory Administration.
C. Ex-officio Members:
(i) The Director General of Health Services.
(ii) The Director of Central Drugs Laboratory.
(iii) The Drugs Controller of India.

11. The President and Vice-President of the Pharmacy Council are elected by its members from
amongst themselves. They have a term of office of five years. Any member absenting without
sufficient excuse is deemed to have vacated his seat from the Council. A casual vacancy in the
PCI is filled by fresh nomination or election and the person so nominated or elected holds the
office only for the remaining term.
All members of the Council are eligible for re-election or re-nomination.
The Council also appoints:
(i) A Registrar who acts as its Secretary and, if necessary, its treasurer as well,
(ii) Other officers and servants for carrying out its statutory functions.
(iii) The Executive Committee of the PCI consisting of the President (Chairman of the
Committee) and the Vice-President and five other members elected by the Central Council
from amongst its members.

12. Term of office and casual vacancies:-
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a nominated or elected member 14[***]
shall hold office for a term of five years from the date of his nomination or election or
until his successor has been duly nominated or elected, whichever is longer.
(2) A nominated or elected member may at any time resign his membership by writing
under his hand addressed to the President, and the seat of such member shall
thereupon become vacant.
(3) A nominated or elected member shall be deemed to have vacated his seat if he is
absent without excuse, sufficient in the opinion of the Central Council, from three
consecutive meetings of the Central Council or if he is elected under clause (a), (c) or
(g) of section 3, if he ceases to be a member of the teaching staff, Medical Council of
India or a registered pharmacist, as the case may be.
(4) A casual vacancy in the Central Council shall be filled by fresh nomination or
election, as the case may be, and the person nominated or elected to fill the vacancy
shall hold office only for the remainder of the term for which the member whose place
he takes was nominated or elected.
(5) No act done by the Central Council shall be called in question on the ground merely
of the existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of the Central
Council.
(6) Members of the Central Council shall be eligible for re-nomination or re-election.

13. Functions of Pharmacy Council of India
1. To prescribe the minimum standards of education required for qualification as a
Registered Pharmacist.
2. To regulate the minimum educational standards by inspecting the institutions.
3. To recognize the qualification granted outside the territory to which the Pharmacy
Act, 1948 extends, for the purpose of qualifying for registration.
4. To compile and maintain a Central Register for Pharmacist, containing names of
all Registered persons.
5. Any other function required for the furtherance of objectives of the Pharmacy Act,
1948