Pharmacist is a person who shall, for fee, salary, percentage or other reward paid or given directly to himself/herself or indirectly through another, prepare or manufacture, analyze, assay, preserve, store, distribute or sell any medicine, drug, chemicals, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, devices or contrivances used in pursuance thereof; or render pharmaceutical service in any office or drug and cosmetic establishment where scientific, technological or professional knowledge of Pharmacy is applied; or engage in teaching scientific, technological or professional pharmacy subject in a college of pharmacy; or conduct or undertake scientific pharmaceutical research for biological and bacteriological testings and examinations. He/she is at least 21 years old, has passed the Board Examination, and is a holder of a valid Certificate of Registration and professional identification card in Pharmacy.

Board refers to the Professional Regulatory Board of Pharmacy in the Philippines.

An examination given by the Board of Pharmacy is required to be undergone and passed before a person engage in the practice of pharmacy. Pharmacist board examination in the Philippines is given twice a year in Manila and other places.

Applicants for licensure examination shall establish to the satisfaction of the Board:
a. He/she is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines
b. He/she is a of good moral character
c. He/she has completed an Internship Program which shall consist of at least nine hundred sixty hours, one-half of which shall be spent equally distributed in a prescription pharmacy, a pharmaceutical manufacturing laboratory and a hospital pharmacy duly accredited by the Council of Pharmacy and the rest of the hours of internship shall be spent in any or all of the said establishments at the choice of the candidate.
For this purpose, the above-mentioned prescription pharmacy, pharmaceutical manufacturing laboratory and hospital pharmacy shall keep a separate record of Pharmacy students who have undergone said internship program directly under their control and as a result thereof shall issue the proper certificate of said hours of internship. It shall also be the duty of said establishments to submit annually a complete report of the names of those who have undergone training under their supervision and the corresponding number of hours of internship credit of each of the pharmacy students to their respective colleges or school and to the Board of Pharmacy for proper accreditation.
d. He/she has graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or with an equivalent degree from a school, college or university duly accredited by the Council of Pharmaceutical Education after satisfactorily completing a standard pharmacy course of not less than five academic years.

Scope of Pharmacist Board Examination

The examination shall consist of both theoretical and practical examinations.

Theoretical Examination:
1. Chemistry
a. General, Inorganic, Pharmaceutical and Physical Chemistry,
b. Organic and Medicinal or Pharmaceutical Chemistry
c. Qualitative, Quantitative and Drug Assaying.
2. Biological Sciences
a. Physiology and Biochemistry
b. Microbiology and Public Health
c. Pharmacology and Toxicology.
3. Pharmacy
a. Botany and Pharmacognosy
b. General Pharmacy
c. Compounding and Dispensing
d. Physical and Manufacturing Pharmacy
e. Pharmacy Administration
f. Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence and Ethics

Practical Examination
1. Identification and Analysis of Drugs
2. Preparation of Official Pharmaceuticals
3. Compounding and Dispensing of Prescriptions and Fixing of Prices of Prescriptions
4. Manufacturing Pharmacy and Quality Control

Oath of Profession

All successful examinees shall be required to take a professional oath before any member of the Board of Pharmacy or any other person authorized by the PRC or by law before they start their practice.

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