1) The document discusses the Pharmacy Practice Regulations of 2015 in India, which governs the practice of pharmacy. 2) It defines the roles of pharmacy practitioners like community pharmacists, hospital pharmacists, and clinical pharmacists. 3) The regulations establish guidelines for good pharmacy practices, including requirements for patient counseling, maintaining patient records, and displaying the names of registered pharmacists.

1. Pharmacy Practice
Regulations, 2015
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3. What is Pharmacy Practise Regulations, 2015?
Practise of Pharmacy:
 Interpretation, Evaluation and implementation of medical orders, dispensing of
prescriptions, drug orders
 Dispensing, compounding and administration of drugs
 Participation in drug and device selection and drug related research
 Patient Counselling, Patient care and Pharmaceutical Care
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4. Patient Counselling:
 Oral communication by the pharmacist to the patient or caregiver to inform about
proper use of drug and drug devices
Pharmaceutical Care:
 Patient centred practise in which pharmacists assumes responsibilities for a patients
drug related needs and helps in prevention, elimination or reduction of patients
symptoms or diseases
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5. Pharmacy Practitioner
 An individual currently licensed, registered or authorized under the Pharmacy Act to
counsel or administer drugs to the patients.
 Community Pharmacist: Supply prescription medicines and provides advice and information
on people’s heath
 Hospital Pharmacist: Dispensing of drugs to the patients and advise them about medicines.
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6. Pharmacy Practitioner
 Clinical Pharmacist: Provides patient care that optimize the use of medication and promotes health,
wellness and disease prevention. They work in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare
professionals
 Drug Information Pharmacist: Provides information and advise regarding drug interactions, side
effects, dosage and proper medication storage to patients and other health professionals.
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7. Code of Pharmacy Ethics
 Patient Care is the first concern of Pharmacists
 Honest and Trustworthy
 Be responsible for colleagues and other health professionals
 Upgrade professional knowledge and be competence
 Respects and supports patient’s individuality, dignity and confidentiality
 Maintains Patients records
 Does not engage with illegal or unethical conduct that will discredit the profession
 Rent or lease of Pharmacy Registration Certificate is strictly prohibited
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8. Displaying name of Owner and Registered
Pharmacist
 Name of the registered Pharmacist is displayed at the main entrance of the
premises/building
 A registered pharmacist may display his/her name on sign board along with educational
qualifications, registration number and photograph.
 The Pharmacists during working times should wear a white clean apron, badge plate
consists of Name and Registration Number of Pharmacists.
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9. Duties and Responsibilities of Pharmacists
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10. Good Pharmacy Practise
 Membership in association:
 For Advancement of pharmacy profession
 As a part of continuing pharmacy education
programme
 Maintenance of Patients Records:
 For period of 5 years from the date of
commencement of the treatment.
 Computerized medical records for quick retrieval
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11. Good Pharmacy Practise
 Exposure of Unethical Conduct:
 Expose incompetent or corruption
 Expose dishonest or unethical conduct
 Highest quality assurance in Patient:
 Help in safeguarding the profession against those
who are deficient in moral character or education.
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12. Renewal of Registration
 For Renewal of Registration, the pharmacist shall attend minimum 2 refresher
courses in pharmacy of minimum one day duration each in a span of 5 years
organized by
 Pharmacy council of India
 State Pharmacy council
 Central Govt./State Govts.
 Professional Bodies recognized by the Council
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13. Pharmaceutical Care
 No person other than a Registered Pharmacist shall compound, prepare, mix, dispense or supply for the
purpose of promoting therapeutic appropriateness by identifying
 Over utilization or under utilization
 Therapeutic duplication
 Drug-release interactions
 Incorrect drug dosage or duration of drug treatment
 Drug allergy interactions
 Correlation of availability of drugs
 Clinical abuse/misuse
 Upon recognition of above steps, the Registered Pharmacist should take appropriate steps to avoid or resolve
the problem
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