Procedure for obtaining license

Service Description

Procedure for obtaining license

A person who wishes to receive a license to practice pharmacology in Israel must successfully complete the government licensing examinations in this profession.

* Graduates of an Israeli university are not required to take the examination.

The procedure for obtaining a license to practice pharmacology includes the following steps (detailed information appears below):

Submission of an application for a license by the applicant, with the required documents attached
Assessment of the applicant’s eligibility to take the examination (for graduates of a university abroad)
Theoretical examination
Temporary and permanent license

1. Submitting an application for a license

The request must be sent, along with the required documents, by registered mail to the Medical Professions Licensing Department, Ministry of Health, as detail at "Service Details" below.

2. Assessment of the applicant’s eligibility to take the examination

After the application documents are received, eligibility to take the examination is assessed by the Medical Professions Licensing Department, and the applicant will be sent notification inviting him to an examination, together with a payment slip for the NIS 330 processing fee, to the address recorded in the Bureau

3. Examination for the applicant

The examination is theoretical.
People directed to licensing examinations will be sent invitations, in accordance with the examination dates, which take place twice a year (winter examination and summer examination) and are published on this website
The applicant may choose to be examined in Hebrew, Arabic, English or Russian.
A letter specifying the result of the examination (pass or fail), and the applicant’s eligibility to receive a license, will be sent to his home.

Appeal against examination results – A person wishing to appeal against the examination results may do so within 30 days of receiving the results. The appeal shall be made in writing to the Medical Professions Licensing Department.

4. Temporary and permanent license

Temporary permit

Graduates of an overseas university
Those who successfully complete the examination will be sent a payment slip for the temporary license fee of NIS 447 (this amount changes from time to time). It can be paid at the Postal Bank, or via the internet

After payment of the fee, the license will be sent to the applicant by registered mail.

Graduates of an Israeli university
Graduates of an Israeli university, who have a certificate of their eligibility to a degree, may apply to the Regional Pharmacist at the Regional Health Bureau, and immediately receive a temporary license for a period of 6 months only. It is also possible to apply to the Medical Professions Licensing Department.
The temporary license fee of NIS 447 (the amount changes from time to time) should be paid. It can be paid at the Postal Bank, or via the internet

During this period, an application should be submitted to the Medical Professions Licensing Department, or via the regional Health Bureau, to extend the temporary license and/or convert it to a permanent license.

Permanent license

Graduates of Israeli or overseas universities who hold a final degree in pharmacology and fulfill the conditions stipulated by the law and regulations may apply to the Medical Professions Licensing Department for a permanent license to be issued.
Those who are eligible will be sent a payment slip for the permanent license fee of NIS 852 (this amount changes from time to time). It can be paid at the Postal Bank, or via the internet
After paying the fee, the license will be sent to the applicant by registered mail.

Criminal record check – In order to grant the license, the Ministry of Health must receive certification from Israel Police that the applicant has no criminal record.
The Medical Professions Licensing Department in the Ministry of Health will apply to Israel Police for this certification (this process usually takes several months). After it is received, the license will be issued to graduates who have satisfied all other legal requirements.
By law, the Ministry of Health may not request this certification directly from the applicant.

Service Details

Reception Area

The request must be sent by registered mail to the Medical Professions Licensing Department, Ministry of Health, 39 Yirmiyahu St., Jerusalem 9446724.

Required Documents

Graduates of an Israeli university:

2 passport photographs.
2 photocopies of your identification card, including the attachment showing your address. Tourists: Photocopy of your passport with a valid Israeli visa.
Questionnaire for health care professionals in two copies.
Final degree from a recognized university, or a certification from the university that you have completed your studies and have fulfilled all requirements to be eligible for a degree in pharmacology, which will be awarded at a certain time.

Graduates of an overseas university:
2 passport photographs.
2 photocopies of you identification card, including the attachment showing your address. Tourists: Photocopy of your passport with a valid Israeli visa.
Questionnaire for health care professionals in two copies.(link to the questionnaire)
Application to take the government licensing examination for pharmacists (2 copies). (Link to the application to take the examination)
Final degree from a recognized university, or a certification from the university that you have completed your studies and have fulfilled all requirements to be eligible for a degree in pharmacology, which will be awarded at a certain time.
Official confirmation of the studies start and completion dates.
Matriculation certificate.
Official certification of having successfully completed an internship, or alternatively, an official certification of at least one year of professional work, specifying the date of commencement and date of completion of work in each institution (if relevant – employment record book).
Declaration that your studies overseas were frontal and not by correspondence (distance learning).
Overseas license to practice (if the requested license cannot be attached, a letter of explanation should be attached).
A professional Certificate of Good Standing from the authority authorized to issue this in the country from which the applicant immigrated to Israel. The Certificate states that there are not and were not any disciplinary, negligence or professional ethics complaints against the pharmacist.

All application documents must be delivered in duplicate.

Translation and validation of documents and certificates

Original certificates must not be sent to the medical professions licensing department. Instead, only copies must be sent.
A licensed notary in Israel must confirm that the documents are true to the original. The original notary confirmation plus one copy of it must be submitted.
Documents in languages other than Hebrew and Arabic must be translated into Hebrew by a qualified translator in Israel. A copy of the original document and its translation must be submitted.
Israel graduates are permitted to submit copies of diplomas, certificates of eligibility for a degree and certificates of practical skilling, where the fact of their being true to the original has been confirmed by the secretariat of the relevant faculty.

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