In accordance with Law N°081 of 22 February 1983, the conditions under which trainees and students in pharmacy may be authorized to prepare medicines in all forms, to handle toxic substances, narcotics and all products intended for the treatment of human diseases are regulated.
The following are considered as trainees or students in pharmacy;
– Trainees and students enrolled in a foreign school or faculty of pharmacy recognized by Cameroon, and having successfully completed at least one academic year there.
Notwithstanding his criminal responsibility, a trainee or student pharmacist shall carry out all the operations referred above under the responsibility and personal control of a pharmacist, the training supervisor. He may not take any initiative without first referring to the latter.
Those trainees who have passed the tests for the award of the
professional diploma, carry out these operations under the direct supervision of the pharmacist of the establishment concerned.
Pharmacy students performing a replacement pharmacist
carry out these operations in accordance with the legislation in force