CODE OF
ETHICS FOR
COMMUNITY
PHARMACIST
Conduct himself & profession
Moral principles
Right way of conducting daily life
4 types
1. Pharmacist in relation to his job
2. Pharmacist in relation to his trade
3. Pharmacist in relation to medical profession
4. Pharmacist in relation to his profession
Pharmacist in relation to his
job
a) Pharmaceutical Services
b) Conduct of the Pharmacy
c) Handling of prescription
d) Handling of drugs
e) Apprentice pharmacist
Pharmaceutical Services
Should be under registration
Supply of medicines should be without
delay
Full fill the requirements of the
pharmacy
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Conduct of the Pharmacy
Dispensing and supply of medicines
should be checked
Professional character of the pharmacy
Controlled and supervised by a
pharmacist
Handling of prescription
Receive prescription without any comment or
discussion regarding efficacy or related things
This can cause anxiety in patient and may lose
the faith in treatment
Careful handling of prescription
Should not add or omit or substitute any
medicines without consent of the doctor
Patient should be advised by the pharmacist,
how to use medicines and related info
Handling of drugs
Dispensed correctly and carefully by weighing
and measuring ingredients
Visual estimation should be avoided
Substandard and unethical should never be used
to fill the prescription
Drugs and medicinal preparations should be in
standard quality
If there is any reasons to believe that such drugs
are required for any abusive purpose of
addiction, these should not be supplied.
Apprentice pharmacist
Practical training for trainees
Provide certificates and credentials
Pharmacist in relation to his trade
a. Price Structure
b. Fair Trade Practice
c. Purchase of Drugs
d. Advertising and Displays
Price Structure
Should be fair.
Keep the right quality and quantity.
Should consider the labor & skills required for
marketing.
Fair Trade Practice
Avoid cut throat competitions
Avoid imitation or copying of the labels, trade
marks and other signs.
Purchase of Drugs
Should not purchase any spurious or
substandard drugs
Always purchase the drugs from genuine and
reputable sources.
Should not encourage
a. Hawking of drugs
b. Undesirable self medication
c. Distribution of medicines without supervision
Advertising and Displays
Should not contain the following
1. Disgracing references to other supplies, products,
remedies & treatments.
2. Misleading statements.
3. A guarantee of therapeutic efficacy
4. An offer to refund the money paid
Pharmacist in relation to medical
profession
a. Limitation of professional activity
b. Clandestine arrangements
c. Liaison with public
Limitation of professional activity
Should not take medical practice of diagnosing
disease and prescribing remedies
But he can provide first aid to the victim in case of
accidents and emergencies
In the same way , the medical practitioners should not
take practice of pharmacy by owing drug stores
Clandestine arrangements
Secret arrangement or contract with physician by
offering him any commission or any advantage.
Liaison with public
Should maintain an interrelationship with medical
profession and people
Educate the people for healthy and sanitary conditions
of living
Information acquiring during professional activity
should not disclose to anyone unless required to do so
by the law
Pharmacist in relation to his
profession
a. Professional vigilance
b. Law- abiding citizens
c. Relationship with professional
organizations
d. Decorum and propriety
e. Pharmacist oath
Professional vigilance
Maintain professions fair name
Should be vigilant to keep the quality of the profession
Law- abiding citizens
He should be an enlightened citizen with a fair
knowledge of the laws of the land
Relationship with professional
organizations
Actively involve in the professional
organizations
Work for the scientific and moral well being of
pharmacist
Decorum and propriety
Should restrict all kind of bad activities related
to profession
Pharmacist oath
A young prospective pharmacist should
feel no hesitation in assuming the
pharmacists oath.
