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Eliminate 'shadow pharmacists' and restore medication safety for the public

2025-09-18   

The licensed pharmacist certificate has been registered in a pharmacy, but the owner of the certificate has never provided pharmaceutical services at the pharmacy. In response to the chaos of "separation of person and certificate" and "shadow pharmacists" that affect the safety of public medication, the Liuyang City Procuratorate in Hunan Province has used a big data legal supervision model to dig up relevant clues, carry out supervision in accordance with the law, promote relevant functional departments to thoroughly rectify, and build a solid defense line for drug safety. At present, the employment rate of licensed pharmacists in retail pharmacies in Liuyang City has reached 100%. The separation of person and certificate "refers to the practice of licensed pharmacists attaching their registered pharmacist certificate to pharmacies or other pharmaceutical business units, but not providing pharmaceutical services on their own. Such licensed pharmacists are called" shadow pharmacists ". In April of this year, the Liuyang Procuratorate, relying on the national prosecutorial big data legal supervision model management platform, launched the "separation of pharmacy licensed pharmacists and their credentials" supervision model, importing more than 3000 pieces of registered data of licensed pharmacists from market supervision departments and social security payment information from human resources and social security departments into the system. After collision comparison, the model screened more than 300 abnormal clues of "inconsistency between licensed pharmacists' practicing units and insured units". After manual verification by the prosecutor, it was confirmed that 238 practicing pharmacists had violated the rule of "separation of person and evidence". In April of the same year, the Procuratorate of Liuyang City issued a prosecutorial recommendation to the market supervision department, suggesting that it conduct a comprehensive inspection of drug trading institutions within its jurisdiction and deal with non-standard business practices such as illegal "license hanging"; Establish a long-term mechanism, strengthen the normalization and comprehensive supervision of drug distribution institutions, and eliminate potential safety hazards in drug use for the public. At the same time, the hospital issued a prosecutorial recommendation to the Health Bureau of Liuyang City, requiring them to investigate the illegal "hanging of certificates" personnel within the city's medical system, and organize medical system staff to carry out special warning education. The rapid transformation of prosecutorial supervision into effective governance. After rectification by the market supervision department, 238 licensed pharmacists who violated regulations were dismissed, 30 pharmacies without qualifications to hire licensed pharmacists were closed in accordance with the law, and the employment rate of licensed pharmacists in retail pharmacies in Liuyang City reached 100%. The Health Bureau of Liuyang City has launched a simultaneous inspection and rectification of the medical system, urging 91 people to cancel their practicing pharmacist certificates and holding an internal warning education conference for the medical system. (New Society)

Edit:Wang Shu Ying Responsible editor:Li Jie

Source:Procuratorial Daily

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