Pharmacies on duty

In accordance with art. 94 of the Pharmaceutical Law Act, the working hours of generally accessible pharmacies in a given area are determined by a resolution by the poviat council, after consulting the commune heads (mayors, city presidents) of communes from the poviat area and the pharmacist's self-government, including the schedule of pharmacy duty hours, at night and during non-working days.

This provision has been causing misunderstandings and conflicts for many years. On the one hand, poviat councils claim that the resolutions are not respected and, moreover, they do not have any possibility to enforce the resolutions. On the other hand, pharmacists argue that the p...