Pharmacy Council of India

Objectives

• To regulate the pharmacy education in the Country.
• To allow the registration as a pharmacist under the pharmacy act.
• To regulate the profession and practice of pharmacy.

  Main functions of PCI

• To prescribe minimum standard of education required for qualifying as a pharmacist.
• Framing of Education Regulations prescribing the conditions to be fulfilled by the institutions seeking approval of the PCI for imparting education in pharmacy.
• To ensure uniform implementation of the educational standards throughout the country.
• Inspection of Pharmacy Institutions seeking approval under the Pharmacy Act to verify availability of the prescribed norms.
• To approve the course of study and examination for pharmacists i.e. approval of the academic training institutions providing pharmacy courses.
• To withdraw approval, if the approved course of study or an approved examination does not continue to be in conformity with the educational standards prescribed by the PCI.
• To approve qualifications granted outside the territories to which the Pharmacy Act extends i.e. the approval of foreign qualification.
• To maintain Central Register of Pharmacists.