Practical training

A.1 At least two written tests of 20 marks each in every theory subject shall be conducted by the academic After having appeared in Part-II examination of Diploma in Pharmacy, a candidate shall be eligible to undergo practical training in one or more of the following institutions, namely:

1. Hospitals / Dispensaries run by Central / State Governments /Municipal Corporations / Central Government Health Scheme and Employees State Insurance Scheme.
2. A Pharmacy, Chemist and Druggist licensed under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 made under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940).

A.2 The institutions referred in sub-regulation (1) shall be eligible to impart training subject to the condition that the number of student pharmacists that may be taken in any hospital, pharmacy, chemist and druggist 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 undergoing practical training, where there is more than one registered pharmacist similarly engaged, the number shall not exceed one for each additional such registered pharmacist.

A.3 Hospital and Dispensary other than those specified in sub-regulation (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 of the Education Regulations1991 of Pharmacy Council of India.

A.4 In the course of practical training, the trainees shall have exposure to:

1. Working knowledge of keeping of records required by various acts concerning the profession of pharmacy and
2. Practical experience in
1. the manipulation of pharmaceutical apparatus in common use;
2. the reading, translation and copying ofprescription including checking of doses;
3. the dispensing of prescriptions illustrating the commoner methods of administering medicaments;
4. the storage of drugsand medical preparations.

A.5 The practical training shall be not less than 500 hours spread over a period of not less than 3 months provided that not less than 250 hours are devoted to actual dispensing of prescriptions.

B.1 The head of the academic training institution, shall supply application in triplicate in �Practical Training Contract form for qualification as a Pharmacist� to candidate eligible to undertake the said practical training. The contract form shall be as specified in Appendix-E to Education Regulations 1991 of Pharmacy Council of India.

B.2 The head of an academic 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.

B.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 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 apprentice master (if he so desires) or with the trainee pending completion of the training.

B.1The head of the academic training institution, shall supply application in triplicate in �Practical Training Contract form for qualification as a Pharmacist� to candidate eligible to undertake the said practical training. The contract form shall be as specified in Appendix-E to Education Regulations 1991 of Pharmacy Council of India.

This, if completed in all respect, shall be regarded asa certificate of having successfully completed the practical training.

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