CLASSIFICATION OF PHARMACIES (PHARMACY ORGANIZATIONS, PHARMACY INSTITUTIONS) IN THE EAEU COUNTRIES, REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AREAS AND PREMISES
The purpose of this study is to make a comparative analysis of classification requirements for pharmacies, pharmacy organizations (institutions) in the EAEU countries, their areas and premises. The subjects of the study were regulatory legal acts of the EAEU countries: the laws (Code) about the use of medicines, Good Pharmacy Practices (GPhP), sanitary and epidemiological requirements for pharmacies. It has been established that the objects of retail sale of medicines in all EAEU countries differ in their names. Various approaches to the standardization of the total area at pharmacies are revealed and in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Armenia approaches are revealed to the area of individual premises of pharmacies, drugstores and pharmacy kiosks. The smallest minimum area of a retail sales premise is stated in the Republic of Kazakhstan for a drugstore located in remote areas of rural regions and makes 4 m2; the largest minimum area for an industrial pharmacy is also stated in the Republic of Kazakhstan and makes 128 m2. It is stated that in GPhP of the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic there is a requirement to allocate premises (areas) for pharmaceutical consultation of the population. The conclusion is made about the expediency of introducing such a requirement into GPhP of the Republic of Belarus as well as about the studying possibility of selling psychotropic substances from pharmacies of the fifth category on condition of fulfilling the requirements for technical strengthening and protection of premises.