Ghana - Apply to Change Name Ownership or Management of a Pharmacy

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. To Apply to Change Name Ownership or Management of a Pharmacy in Ghana, the applicant must go to the Ghana Medical and Dental council or Pharmacy Council Ghana, Headquarters contact link
2. Applicant must obtain the application form from the relevant department.
3. Applicant must fill all the details in the application form.
4. After filling the form proceed to pay the prescribed fee of 500,000 GHS to the bank under the pharmacy council Ghana.
5. 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.
6. Submit the dully filled in form attached with pay slip to the Pharmacist Officer in charge of the name changes/ownership in the area where the premises is located or nearby health district inspector office whose officers shall carryout inspection of your premises.
7. Pharmacy council shall not be obliged to give permission to change ownership to pharmacies opened without following the set procedures and shall not be liable to any claims of resultant financial loss.
8. There must be a supervising registered Pharmacist associated with the firm before the application is submitted for change of ownership, name and management as this is a general rule in processing.
9. Collect the applicant Permission to Change Name, Ownership or Management of a Pharmacy from where he /her application were submitted within two days from the date the application was received at MDC in case there is no rejection.
10. The Processing time for this procedure is 2 days.

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Required Documents

• Application form
• Clearance letter from Ministry of Health
• Previous Approval from
• Proof of Services/business-registration/registering Pharmacy Business.
• Original certificate of registration (Business name)
• Drug certificate verified by the FDA.
• Certificate of incorporation (Company)
• Proof Letter
• Previous Certificate of suitability of premises
• Proof that the drugs enclosed in the application of ownership change are the Essential Drugs Listed in Ghana.
• The pro-forma invoice of Drugs submitted to Ministry of Health is also needed.
• Current Certificate of Full Name as Owner of the Pharmacy.
• List of items and drugs in the pharmacy.
• GMP certificate (Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Certificate this is to certify that the Pharmacy meets the international standards of manufacturing medicines.)
• Certificate of Registration (this is a certificate that the drugs in the Pharmacy has been registered and it is in use in the country.)
• Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product (this is a license approved by Medicine Regulatory Unit (Ministry of Health) from country.)
• Licence to operate a retail or wholesale Pharmacy.
• Certificate of Full Name as a Pharmacist as a copy of proof of legitimate business units.
• In case of change of supervisor by the pharmacist from one pharmacy to another evidence that the company pharmacists as a director should be presented to MDC.
• Any other document asked by state pharmacy council

Office Locations & Contacts

The Registrar,
Medical and Dental Council,
P.O. Box AN 10586, Accra, Ghana.
MDC House, Adjabeng, Accra.
Kwame Nkrumah Ave, Accra, Ghana
HQ2Q+WG Accra, Ghana
Contact number: +233302661620
Email id: [email protected]
Location link
contact link

Pharmacy Council Ghana, Headquarters
Address: Adjaben Rd, Accra, Ghana
JR37+49 Accra, Ghana
Contact number: +233302680150
Email id: [email protected]
Website Link
Location link

Eligibility

• The Applicant to be eligible must meet the following conditions:
• Must have obtained "licensed pharmacist qualification certificate".
• The law, observe professional ethics.
• Physical health can persist in practicing pharmacist jobs.
• By the practice unit agree.
• Willing to transfer management ownership and name of pharmacy.
• Willing to transfer the whole practice unit area of pharmaceutical production staff, management, and "Licensed Pharmacy name ".

Fees

• Fees to change name and Ownership GHS.500, 000.
• Fees details can be obtained from the Link

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Processing Time

• The Processing time for this procedure is 2 days.

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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
• Pharmacists name
• Address of the pharmacists
• Website address of the pharmacists
• Name of Proposed License pharmacy Holder (if a limited company please state country and year of registration).
• License Number (if known).
• Pharmacy Business Details.
• Address of principal premises.
• Exact location of premises to which this application relates.
• Specific Activities in respect of which this application is made.
• Structure and Capital formation of the Pharmacy.
• Signature
• Declaration

Need for the Document

• Registered Pharmacist is a person having educational qualification in pharmacy and his/her name is registered under state pharmacy council of state in which person reside or want to conduct his/her profession or business.

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