PCI issues Guidelines for Inspections of Pharmacy Institutions for academic year 2024- 2025

New Delhi: The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has issued comprehensive guidelines for the inspection process of pharmacy institutions for the academic year 2024-2025.

These guidelines are applicable to existing and new institutions applying for approval for the first time.

Referencing PCI circulars numbered 1.14-56/2022-PCI (Approval Process for 2024-25 a.s.) dated December 14, 2023, and subsequent updates, the guidelines aim to streamline the inspection and verification process for all stakeholders involved, including pharmacy institutions, examining authorities (universities/boards), and state governments.

The notice declared that all the institutions are requested to follow the guidelines during the inspection and verification process.

In this connection, the notice stated that the PCI will start the inspection process of the Pharmacy institutions for the 2024-2025 academic sessions at the earliest.

"All inspections will be done through the mobile inspection application only as provided in the Google Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cdg.com.pci inspection&hl=en&gl=U S&pli=l)." the notice added.

In accordance with the notice, all institutions are requested to follow the below guidelines during the inspection and verification process:

Regarding Students:

• Mandatory attendance for all the students enrolled in the institutions.
• Mandatory registration for all the students on the PCI Portal.
• All students are to have the Smart Card with them at the time of the inspection process.

Regarding Faculties:

• Mandatory attendance for all the faculties enrolled in the institutions.
• Mandatory presence for all the faculties enrolled in the institutions, during the time of inspection process.
• If any faculty is on leave, the leave letter is to be submitted to the inspectors and the same is to be documented on the app along with the reason for absence.
• Mandatory registration for all the faculties on the PCI Portal.
• All faculty members must have their Smart Card with them at the time of the inspection process.
• All faculties must carry their relevant documents with them at the time of the inspection and verification process.

Infrastructure:

• Mandatory active QR code on the institutions' infrastructure comprising-

• Institutions Classrooms,

• Institutions Laboratories,

• Institutions Common Facility,

• Institutions Computer Labs and other facilities,

• Institutions Amenities,

• Master's Degree Equipment,

• Bachelor's Degree Equipments,

• Others;

• Mandatory active QR code on all the equipment present in the institutions during the inspection process.
• If any infrastructure or equipment is found without the QR code or the QR code not working at the time of inspection, the institutions are to be counted in the deficiency list.

Documents:

• All faculties are to possess the relevant documents with them at the time of the inspection and verification process.
• Institutions must possess all the relevant documents with them as information filled in Standard Inspection Format (SIF) at the time of inspection and verification process

In addition, the notice added that the above points shall be applicable to all other information in the SIF filled by institutions.

To view the notice, click the below link:

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