Drugstore / Pharmacy Business Registration Requirements

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo by Yuya Tamai [/caption] Starting a Drugstore/ Chinese Drugstore/ Pharmacy or Botika retail outlet business generates labor, employment and money. Here are the requirements in starting your own drugstore business for prescription and non-prescription drugs. General Requirements: (ALL FORMS MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED IN TRIPLICATE) - Notarized Accomplished Petition Form / Joint Affidavit of Undertaking - Tentative list of products using generic names and brand names, if any - Floor area, not less than 15 square meters - Reference Books • Philippine National Drug Formulary • R.A. 3720 otherwise known as Food, Drugs and Devices and Cosmetic Act • R.A. 6675, Generics Act of 1988 and relevant implementing rules and regulations • R.A. 5921, Pharmacy Law as amended and relevant implementing rules and regulations • R.A. 8203, Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs. Any of the following Reference Books: • United States Pharmacopoeia / National Formulary (USP-NF) latest edition • Remington’s Pharmaceutical Sciences (latest edition) • Goodman and Gillman Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (latest edition) - Record Books duly registered with BFAD (Prescription Book) - Generic, White, and Red Labels - Dry Seal or rubber stamp of outlets - Photocopy of Pharmacist’s Registration Board Certificate, Valid PRC-ID, Valid PTR, 2x2 ID Picture and Certificate of Attendance of owner/pharmacist to any BFAD Sponsored / Accredited Seminar on Licensing of Establishments and outlets -  If Single proprietorship, Certificate of Business Name Registration with the Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection (BTRCP) formerly known as Bureau of Domestic Trade. - If Corporation/Partnership, copy of Registration with SEC and Articles of Incorporation or Partnership. - Notarized valid Contract of Lease of the space/building occupied, if the applicant does not own it. - Picture of Drugstore with signboard - Opening Fee of P1,000.00 (Based on A.O. 50 series of 2001) Additional Requirements: - Location Plan / Site (size, location, immediate environment, type of building) - Floor Plan with dimensions (Lay-out of the premises) Changes in Circumstances: - Official letter re: Change of Address / Owner / Business Name and/or etc. - Surrender original / old License to Operate and COC / CTR - Deed of Sale / Transfer of Rights in case of change of ownership - Notarized Affidavit of Pharmacist in case of change of pharmacist