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After having appeared in Part - II examination for the Diploma in Pharmacy,
conducted by Board / University or other approved Examining Body or any other
course accepted as being equivalent by the Pharmacy Council of India, a
candidate shall be eligible to undergo practical training in one or more of the
following institutions namely: |
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(i) Hospitals / Dispensaries run by Central / State
Governments / Municipal Corporation / Central Government Health Scheme and
Employees State Insurance Scheme.
(ii) A Pharmacy, Chemist and Druggist licensed under the Drugs and Cosmetics
Rules, 1945 made under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940)
(iii) Drugs manufacturing Unit licensed under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
& rules made there under
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The institutions referred in sub - regulation (1) shall be eligible to impart
training subject to the condition that the number of students pharmacists that
may be taken in any hospital, Pharmacy, Chemist and druggist and drugs
manufacturing unit licensed under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 made under
the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 shall not exceed two where there is one
registered pharmacist engaged in the work in which the student pharmacist is
under going practical training, where there is more than one registered
pharmacist similarly engaged, the number shall not exceed one for each
additional such registered pharmacist. |
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Hospital and Dispensary other than those specified in sub-regulations
(1) for the purpose of giving practical training shall have to be recognized by
Pharmacy Council of India on fulfilling the conditions specified in Appendix - D
to these regulations. |
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In the course of practical training, the trainee shall have exposure to
(i) Working knowledge of keeping of records required by various Acts concerning
the profession of Pharmacy, and
(ii) Practical experience in |
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The manipulation of pharmaceutical apparatus in common use. |
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The reading, translation and copying of prescription including checking of
doses; |
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The dispensing of prescription illustrating the commoner methods of
administering medicaments; and |
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The storage of drugs and medical preparations. |
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The practical training shall be not less than five hundred hours spread over a
period of not less than three months, provided that not less than two hundred
and fifty hours are devoted to actual dispensing of prescriptions. |
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Procedure to be followed prior to commencing of the training |
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(1) The head of an academic training institution, on
application, shall supply in triplicate ‘Practical Training Contract Form for
qualification as a Pharmacist' (hereinafter referred to as the Contract Form) to
candidate eligible to under take the said practical training. The Contract Form
shall be as specified in Appendix - E to these regulations.
(2) The Head of an academic training institution shall fill section I of the
Contract Form. The trainee shall fill section II of the said Contract Form and
the Head of the institution agreeing to impart the training (hereinafter
referred to as the Apprentice Master) shall fill Section III of the said
Contract Form.
(3) It shall be the responsibility of the trainee to ensure that one copy
(hereinafter referred to as the first copy of the Contract Form) so filled is
submitted to the Head of the academic training institution and the other two
copies (hereinafter referred to as the Second copy and the Third copy) shall be
filed with the Apprentice Master (if he so desires) or with the trainee pending
completion of the training. |
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Certificate of passing Diploma in Pharmacy Part - III |
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On satisfactory completion of the apprentice period, the Apprentice Master shall
fill SECTION IV of the second copy and third copy of the Contract Form and cause
it to be sent to the head of the academic training institution who shall
suitably enter in the first copy of the entries from the second copy and third
copy and shall fill SECTION 1V of the three copies of Contract Form and
thereafter hand over both the second copy and third copy to the trainee.
This, if completed in all respects, shall be regarded as a certificate of having
successfully completed the course of Diploma in Pharmacy (Part - III). |
