Continued Registration

Pharmacists and pharmaceutical assistants must apply to the PSI on an annual basis for continued registration and pay an annual fee, in order to remain on the PSI’s Registers.

You can apply for your continued registration in the PSI online registration portal. The registration portal is available 24 hours a day and contains instructions and information videos to assist you with your registration. What you will need:

Your login details for the registration portal (email and password)
The mobile phone you provided when you first set up your account

Important Information

Pharmacists and pharmaceutical assistants must obtain a Certificate of Registration, as set out under the Pharmacy Act 2007. You will receive the Certificate in the post 4-6 weeks after submitting the application and payment for continued registration. You can also download a digital copy of your certificate in the registration portal.
Registrants will receive email notices only as a reminder for their registration renewal. Registrants should ensure that the email address registered with the PSI is one that you check regularly and to which you will always have access. Registrants can update their correspondence details in the online registration portal. Registrants can also see their continued registration reminders in the registration portal. You may need to check junk mail folders in case emails are misdirected.
You must apply for your continued registration at least 30 days before your current certificate expires or you will be required to pay a late fee.
A process of cancellation of registration (removal from the Register of the Pharmacists and the Register of Pharmaceutical Assistants) will commence for registrants who have failed to make the necessary application for continued registration.
If you experience any difficulties submitting your online application for continued registration, or with requesting new login details, please call the PSI Online Continued Registration helpline on 1800 774 734. This helpline is open from 9am until 1pm, Monday to Friday (excluding Bank and Public holidays).

Continued Registration Fee

Payment online is by credit or debit card only. Please note that you can not make a payment over the phone. For further information please see PSI fees information.

Questions you can expect on the continued registration application form

Continuing Professional Development

There is a mandatory system of continuing professional development (CPD) for pharmacists in Ireland, and pharmacists must declare their CPD undertakings in order to be accepted for annual continued registration.

You can read information on CPD obligations for pharmacists and pharmaceutical assistants in the education section.

Clarification on Patient-facing Role

When applying for continued registration, pharmacists are asked the question, “Are you currently in a patient facing role?”. We seek this information from you to determine if you are eligible for selection for practice review, as part of the PSI’s CPD processes.

A patient-facing role includes any pharmacist providing care directly to a patient and/or any pharmacist whose work has a direct impact on patient care, irrespective of the number of hours of practice per week, month or year. Although not exhaustive, the following are examples of roles which are considered ‘patient-facing’:

Pharmacists working on a fulltime, occasional or casual basis in community pharmacy.
Hospital pharmacists working on a fulltime, occasional or casual basis.

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Examples of a patient-facing role
Although not exhaustive, the following gives examples of roles which are considered as patient-facing:
- Pharmacists working on a fulltime, occasional or casual basis in community pharmacy
- Hospital Pharmacists working on a fulltime, occasional or casual basis
- Superintendent Pharmacists
- Supervising Pharmacists
- Locum Pharmacists
For more information, Part 5, Rule 12 (7) of the PSI (Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2015 states: “….practising in a “patient-facing role” means carrying out the role of a pharmacist in the delivery, or the oversight of the delivery, of care and services to members of the public, including patients, whether in a retail pharmacy business or in a pharmacy department of a hospital, or any other relevant location including on a casual or occasional basis, and includes the role carried out by a superintendent pharmacist, a supervising pharmacist and any other registered pharmacist engaged or employed in a retail pharmacy business or in the pharmacy department of a hospital.”

Guidance on Spent Convictions

On 29 April 2016, the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 came into law. Under this Act, certain convictions do not have to be disclosed where these convictions are spent. This means that in certain circumstances you may not need to disclose a criminal conviction to us.

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1. What does this guidance relate to?

This guidance is designed to help you understand when a conviction may be regarded as spent. This is guidance only and relates solely to applications for registration with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (“PSI”). It is your responsibility to make sure the information you provide to the PSI is accurate and complete. If you are unsure as to whether a conviction is spent or you have any queries or concerns, you should take your own independent expert or legal advice on the matter.
This guidance applies to convictions obtained in Ireland and it does not apply to convictions obtained outside of Ireland. If you have obtained a conviction in another country, you will need to refer to the PSI guidance for convictions obtained outside of Ireland.
2. When is a conviction spent?
A conviction is spent when ALL of the criteria listed below are satisfied:
- You were convicted of an offence in a Court in Ireland and you were 18 years old or over at the time you committed the offence.
- You received one of the following:
            1. A non-custodial sentence;
            2. A prison sentence of 12 months or less;
            3. A suspended sentence of 2 years or less which was not revoked in whole or in part by the Court.
- You have served, undergone or complied with the sentence imposed or the order made by the Court.
- More than 7 years have passed since the effective date of the conviction. The effective date of the conviction is the date on which the prison sentence or the non-custodial sentence became operative.
- You did not receive an “excluded sentence” from the Court. An excluded sentence is defined in the Act. It includes a sentence for an offence reserved by law to be tried by the Central Criminal Court or a conviction from a Court other than a District Court for a sexual offence, as defined in Schedule 1 of the Act.
Please note if you received two or more convictions for offences which were committed at the same time or arose out of the same incident, these convictions may be regarded as one conviction when assessing whether it is spent in accordance with the criteria set out above.
3. What happens if I have more than one conviction?
You will need to tell us if you have more than one conviction in certain circumstances.
Some convictions can be classed as minor convictions. These minor convictions are as follows:
- Convictions for motoring offences in the District Court excluding any offence for dangerous driving.
- Convictions for minor public order offences in the District Court for offences under the following legislation:
- Section 37A of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988, or
- Section 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8A(4) or 9 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1994
For the purposes of this guidance we will refer to all other convictions, as non-minor convictions.
Please take note of the following if you have more than one conviction which meet the criteria 1-5 in Q2 above:
- If you have two (or more) non-minor convictions, then none of your convictions are deemed spent, and you must tell us about all of your convictions, including convictions for minor offences.
- If you have one non-minor conviction, together with one or more minor conviction(s), then you do not need to tell us about any of these convictions.
- If you have no non-minor convictions, but have minor convictions, then you do not need to tell us about these minor convictions.

Continued Registration

Continued Registration Fee

Questions you can expect on the continued registration application form

Continuing Professional Development

Clarification on Patient-facing Role

More information

Examples of a patient-facing role

Guidance on Spent Convictions

More information on spent convictions

1. What does this guidance relate to?

2. When is a conviction spent?

3. What happens if I have more than one conviction?