The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) on November 20, 2204, issued Guidelines regarding verification of Pharmacists Profile with the Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) Number to integrate Pharmacists with the Healthcare Professional Registry (HPR).
It is informed that the Council is in the process of verification of all registered Pharmacists on the DIGI-PHARMed portal in order to integrate Pharmacists with the Healthcare Professional Registry (HPR).
In view of it, the Council would like to share the following action points that needs to be considered by all the Pharmacists:
• All registered Pharmacists are requested to verify their DIGI-PHARMed Profile with the ABHA Number on immediate basis. The said verification must be completed within the timeline of 45 Days from the date of issuance of this circular. Failing to this, the pharmacist's profile will be disabled for any further usage on the DIGI-PHARMed portal.
• In case of new registration, Pharmacists must ensure to verify their account with the ABHA Number at the time of registration only. Without verification of the profile with the ABHA Number will be considered as the incomplete registration.
• If any Pharmacist don't have the ABHA Number, it is directed to create the ABHA Number using Aadhar before initiating the process for the registration on DIGI-PHARMed portal. The link to initiate the registration is attached here for your kind perusal https://abha.abdm.gov.in/abha/v3/register/aadhaar
• It is requested to all the Pharmacy Institutions as well to check that all the faculty in their institutions are having the ABHA verified profiles. Further, it is also notified that during the SIF applications and for further reference, only ABHA Verified profiles of faculty will be considered by the PCI from 2025-2026 academic session.
• Further, the Council would like to direct all pharmacists that they must ensure that the documents uploaded to the portal while doing registrations are authentic and validated. If the Council discovers at any stage that any documents submitted during the registration process are incorrect, the respective profile of those pharmacists will be blacklisted.
[Notification No: 14-429/2024-PCI/5029]
