Nigeria has fifteen health regulatory bodies under the federal Ministry of Health. Each regulatory body is responsible for regulating a profession. The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) is one of the regulatory agencies, and it's responsible for regulating the pharmacy profession in all aspects and ramifications. One of its functions is registering and licensing pharmaceutical premises in Nigeria. Pharmaceutical premises are places where drug activities take place.
Which includes:
- Manufacturing
- Storage
- Dispensing And many more
CATEGORIES OF PHARMACEUTICAL PREMISES IN NIGERIA
- Retail Pharmacy
- Wholesale/ Distributions
- Importation
- Category C (Less than 10 products)
- Category B (10- 19 products)
- Category A (20 or more products)
- SDDC
- Mega distribution
- Manufacturing
- Manufacturing (1 product)
- Manufacturing (2 products)
- Manufacturing ( 3 or more)
- Multinational
- Patent and proprietary medicine stores.
- Hospital Pharmacy
GUIDELINES INTERM OF LOCATIONS, SIZES AND STRUCTURES OF PREMISESAll pharmaceutical premises should be located 200 meters from other pharmaceutical premises. Patent medicine stores should be located 400 meters from pharmaceutical premises. Patent medicine stores should be 200 meters from another patent medicine stores
Dimensions
- 15 m2 for patent medicine shops (PMVs)
- 30 m2 for retail pharmacy
- 70 m2 Wholesale
- 70 m2 Distributor /Importation
- 1,000 m2 mega drug distribution center (MWC) and wholesale public center (PWC)
- 300 m2 for a zonal public wholesale center (ZPWC)
- 70 m2 per shop within CWC of not less than 100 shops space
CAC Registration
All pharmaceutical premises except PPMV should have at least one pharmacist on the board of directors for the company. Only a premise owned by a registered pharmacist or a group of pharmacists or a Pharmacist and family members like father, mother, son, daughter or brothers can be registered as retail premises. The pharmacist director should have the largest share in the company (for retail).
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
Accompanying documents included:
- Application letter to register the premises
- Current Annual license for superintendent pharmacist
- Remittance receipts
- Letter of resignation from previous employment (if applicable)
- Letter of appointment as superintendent Pharmacist
- A legal agreement between the superintendent pharmacist and the owner of the premises
- CAC Certificate of the company
- Articles and Memorandum of Associations
- Particulars of directors
- NYSC certificate
- Letter of undertaking by a pharmacist that he has only one full-time job
- Letter of undertaking by the managing director that all pharmaceutical activities will be under control and direct supervision of the superintendent pharmacist
Note: 5,6 and 12 are not required, if you are a pharmacist, you own the company, and you are the superintendent pharmacist
For manufacturing, in addition to the above documents, the applicant is required to forward."
- List of products to be manufactured
- List of equipment for production and quality control
- List and sources of supply for raw materials
- Standard operating procedures (SOP)
- Factory layout
- Environmental impact assessment report
- Productions flow chart
- Water sources and treatment facilities
- Water analysis report
- List of staff showing qualifications and job description
- Organogram
- Disposal of poison books
" The Superintendent Pharmacist is responsible for the day-to-day activities in the premise and responsible for the professional aspects of the premise "
TYPE OF INSPECTIONS BEFORE AND AFTER OPENING A PHARMACY
Location approval inspection
It can be conducted on an existing structure or land where the proposed pharmacy premises will be registered. It's to know if other registered premises exist near the premises you want to register. Once you get location approval from PCN, you can continue building or renovating your proposed premise. But you have to develop and register your belief within six months of getting location approval from PCN; if not, the license can be revoked and given to another person. After location approval, you are expected to renovate or develop your structure in line with guidelines given to you by inspectors during location approval.
PCN will visit again for a final inspection before registration. They will write an inspection report based on the facilities and staff you have on your premises.
REGISTRATION FEES FOR PHARMACEUTICAL
Type of facility | Location approval (N) | Premises inspection (N)* | New | Renewal |
New | Renewal |
Retail | 15, 000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 7,500 |
Wholesale/ Distributions | 20,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 150,000 | 100,000 |
Importation A. 20 or more products B. 10- 19 products C. < 10 products | 20,000 | 300,000 150,000 100,000 | 300,000 150,000 100,000 | 500,000 350,000 200,000 | 350,000 200,000 150,000 |
Manufacturing One-line Two-line Three lines | 100,000 200,000 300,000 | 100,000 200,000 300,000 | 100,000 200,000 250,000 | 100,000 200,000 300,000 | 100,000 150,000 300,000 |
PPMV | 5000 | 5000 | 5000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
MDDC | | 500,000 | 500,000 | | |
SDDC. | | 200,000 | 1,000,000 | | |
CWC | 500,000 | | | | |
MDDC Is a mega drug distribution center, and SDDC is a State drug distribution center; * Inspection fees are payable in alternate years
PHARMACISTS LICENSE REGISTRATION
The registration fees for pharmacists are based on the years of practice (post-induction)
Years of practice | Fees (N) |
NYSC / 0 to 9 years | 1,500 |
10 to 14 years | 3,000 |
15 to 49 years | 4,500 |
50 years above | free |
Pharmacists registered outside of Nigeria | (US) 100 |
OFFENSES AND FINES
- Absence of superintendent pharmacist.
- First visit - compliance directives
- Second visit - compliance directives.
- Third visit - N20,000 (fine)
- The absence of a pharmacist or an attendant having access to control drugs will attract a payment of N20,000 fine
- Absence of a poison register in the premises a fine of N10,000
- Inadequate reference Books relevant to the area of practice. 1st visit - compliance directives, and N5,000 for the second visit.
- Failure to display pharmacist and premises licenses - 1st visit - compliance directives 2nd visit N5,000 for pharmacy and pharmacist, N2, 500 for PPMV, N 1000, 000 for a manufacturer, distributor (N50,000), PWC (N30,000), CWC (N200,000), MWC (N100,000), NGO Warehouse (N50,000), importers (N100,000), Wholesale (N20,000), retail (N5,000).
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