Apply In-Person

1. To Apply for Pharmacist Certificate of Registration 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 payment of the prescribed fee, the registrar shall enter the name of the applicant in the register and shall issue to the applicant with registration number in the prescribed form.
7. The registrar shall cause a list of all pharmacists whose names appear in the register on the thirty-first day of December in each year to be published in the Gazette during the following January.
8. 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.
9. The processing time for this procedure takes sixty days.

• Application form
• Introduction letter from Head of Institution stating; the period of temporary engagement in Ghana with specific dates; the justification for engaging a temporary pharmacist who is an expatriate; the activities to be carried out by the expatriate(s) and the reporting relationship with National Pharmacist if It exists in the organization.
• Signed commitment letter(s) of the Pharmacists, key personnel (for industries) or Professional Auxiliary Staff employed by the organization, and countersigned by the Chief Executive or in charge of the organization.
• Applicants must provide evidence of attendance of CPD during the course of the year and confirm availability of attendance registers at their practice settings.
• Certified Copy of certificate of registration as Pharmacist in Country of Origin.
• Letter of good standing with the registration body in country of origin.
• Certified Copies of academic documents with Pharmacy qualification.
• Copy of passport page with personal details.
• Commitment letter of Supervising Pharmacist of the organization confirming that he/she will have temporary practice in Ghana as Pharmacist endorsed by head of institution.
• Two recent passport photos.
• Curriculum Vitae of the person wishing to have temporary pharmacy practice in Ghana.
• Job description of expatriate Pharmacist.
• Payment of fees prescribed by the council.
• Pharmacist first registration application form
• Licensed pharmacist credentials
• A copy of proof of identity
• Above the county (including county) disease prevention and control health certificate issued by practicing a copy of proof of legitimate business units.
• Any other document asked by state pharmacy council

Pharmacy Council Ghana, Headquarters
Address: Adjaben Rd, Accra, Ghana
JR37+49 Accra, Ghana
Contact number: +233302680150
Location link
Website Link

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: info@moh.gov.gh
contact link
Location link

• The applicant MUST have attained the age of twenty -one years.
• The applicant MUST have paid the prescribed fees.
• The applicant MUST have not been adjudged by a court to be of unsound mind.
• The applicant MUST have not been convicted by a court whether in Ghana or elsewhere of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty.
• The applicant must possess licensed pharmacist qualification certificate.
• The applicant MUST be of good character.

• Application Fee: GHS 5,000/-
• Entrance fee 250,000/=
• Subscription 550,000/=
• Clinical Coat 60,000/=
• ID 35,000/=
• Code of Conduct 20,000/=
• BNF 20,000/=
• Retail Pharmacy - 150,000 GHS
• Wholesale Pharmacy - 300,000 GHS
• Wholesale and retail - 400,000 GHS
• Large scale manufacturers - 500,000 GHS
• Small scale manufacturers - 350,000 GHS

• Pharmacist registration is valid for one year and must apply for registration expiration procedure again.

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• The processing time for this procedure takes sixty days.

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• 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.

• 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
• Educational background
• Specialty
• Job title
• ID Number
• Qualification Certificate Number
• Exam Year
• Schools
• Time to work
• Practice Areas
• Production and use of wholesale and retail
• Practitioners category
• Name of practice
• Phone
• Mailing Address
• Zip Code
• Practitioners Unit Check Opinion
• Practitioners Pharmacist Registration Agency Examine Opinion
• Equipment Note
• Signature
• Declaration

• Pharmacists certificate of registration Regulate the practice by pharmacists and their assistants in Ghana on safe and effective medication use.

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.

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