# E-DRUG: Siting policies for pharmacies (cont'd) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [May 4, 1998, 5:02pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-siting-policies-for-pharmacies-contd/2560 "1998-05-04T17:02:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hana\_Mullerova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Hana\_Mullerova](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Hana_Mullerova)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 1998, 5:02pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-siting-policies-for-pharmacies-contd/2560/1 "1998-05-04T17:02:10Z")
E-drug: Siting policies for pharmacies (cont'd) --------------------------------------------- The report from the Czech Republic. We have no regulations on the siting of pharmacies. Everyone can open a pharmacy everywhere. The chief of the pharmacy has to be a pharmacist, the owner can be everyone. One person or organization can have a net of pharmacies - i.e. there is no rule to limit the number of pharmacies to one subject. A pharmacy can be opened everywhere, but it should correspond to the rules of the State Institute of Drug Control. The licence of a new pharmacy has to be also approved by a local health authority and the Chamber of Pharmacists. The last one - the Chamber of Pharmacists - may decide not to alow the pharmacy to open in a district with many existing retail pharmacies, but it does not use this restriction often. The Chamber of Pharmacists organizes a set of rules to limit the number of new pharmacies and their spread, but the rules are debated a lot. It could be expected to be a law in two or three years. Hana Muellerova, PhD Dept. Social&Clinical Pharmacy Charles University Hradec Kralove 50005 Czech Republic fax - +420/49/5210002 e-mail: mulleroh@faf.cuni.cz -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.