Chamber of Pharmacists

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The logo of the Federal Chamber of Pharmacists (BAK) in Germany

Pharmacists' associations are responsible for the professional self-administration of pharmacists in Germany and Austria. In Germany, as a public corporation, they are responsible for safeguarding the professional interests of pharmacists. Every pharmacist, not only who works in public pharmacies , is a compulsory member of the Chamber of Pharmacists (Landesapothekerkammer) in whose territory he works as a pharmacist.

tasks

The tasks of the pharmacists' chambers are regulated by laws of the federal states ( health professions chamber laws). They generally include:

  • Development of statutes (statutes of the Chamber of Pharmacists, professional regulations, further training regulations)
  • Acceptance of exams (e.g. specialist pharmacist exams)
  • Monitoring of the professional practice of pharmacists, for example also by pseudo customers
  • Promotion of further training for pharmacists
  • Promotion of quality assurance measures ( see also Central Laboratory of German Pharmacists )
  • Establishment of ethics committees
  • Representation of the professional interests of pharmacists
  • Support of the public health service and technical participation in legislation
  • Mediation in disputes among pharmacists and between pharmacists and doctors or patients
  • Establishment of expert and arbitration bodies to clarify treatment errors in the area of ​​pharmacist liability
  • Organization of PCA training
  • Publication of an official communication organ (Apothekerkammer-Nachrichten)
  • Organization of the reporting and contribution system for all members of the Chamber of Pharmacists
  • Keeping pharmacist statistics
  • Operation of social facilities for pharmacists and their relatives ( professional care )
  • Organization and implementation of the course-accompanying events for pharmacists, according to the licensing regulations
  • Responsibility for duty regulation of pharmacies

The chambers of pharmacists should not be confused with the pharmacists ' associations, of which pharmacy owners are voluntary members.

The regional chambers of pharmacists are united in the federal chamber of pharmacists . Its president has been Andreas Kiefer since 2012, who is also president of the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Pharmacists. In addition, the regional chambers of pharmacists are united with the regional pharmacists' associations at the federal level to form the ABDA - Federal Association of German Pharmacists' Associations as the central organization of the German pharmacists' body.

There are 17 regional chambers of pharmacists in total, as North Rhine-Westphalia is divided into two chamber districts (North Rhine and Westphalia-Lippe).

history

The work of the pharmacies was regulated early on in the medical regulations of the respective states. Pharmacies required a state license and were under state supervision. Pharmacists' associations later came into being whose membership was voluntary. These associations also took on professional and supervisory functions. At the beginning of the 20th century these were converted into pharmacy chambers.

In the Grand Duchy of Baden , a pharmacist committee was set up by ordinance of October 7, 1864. This was chosen by the pharmacists themselves and had the task of representing interests and handling the pharmacists' discipline. However, pharmacy supervision remained the task of the State Medical Council. With the law of October 10, 1906, a pharmacy chamber was established in Baden.

In the Kingdom of Saxony , pharmaceutical district associations were established in 1865 at the level of the four district main teams . In the same year the Duchy of Braunschweig created a Chamber of Doctors and Pharmacists Württemberg followed in 1875 and Hessen-Darmstadt in 1876. In the Kingdom of Prussia , pharmacy chambers were not established until 1901. These were set up at the provincial level.

Web links

Federal Chamber of Pharmacists

State pharmacy chambers

Austria

literature

  • Jochen Taupitz: The standing regulations of the liberal professions: historical development, functions, position in the legal system, 2nd edition, 2012, ISBN 9783110907452 , p. 339 ff., Digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordinance of October 7, 1864, RegBl. P. 753 ff.
  2. ↑ Ordinance of September 30, 1864, RegBl. P. 731 ff.
  3. ↑ GVBl. P. 491
  4. ^ Ordinance of April 12, 1865, GS p. 115; Regulatory, the formation of medical and pharmaceutical district associations on April 12, 1865, GS p. 121
  5. ↑ § 12 of the Medicinal Act of October 25, 1865, GVBl. P. 651
  6. ^ VO of February 2, 1901, GS p. 49; see also the law of April 21, 1923, GS p. 123