Can we open a medical store after completing B Pharmacy course?

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    Parul Thapa | Contributor-Level 10

    5 months ago

    Unfortunately no, there are no provisions for pharmacists to open their own clinic. The India Pharmacy Council expressly says that pharmacists cannot open their own clinics. open a chemist shop and dispense medicine. However, you cannot start a clinic because the clinic is opened by a doctor with an MBBS degree.

    Without an MBBS graduate degree, no one can operate a clinic or even prescribe medicine to patients. After obtaining a licence for the shop, you can only start a chemist/medicine shop and distribute the medicine prescribed by a doctor (MBBS). However, it is common in today's society for chemists to prescribe medication for minor

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