LIABILITY FOR IMPROPER PERFORMANCE OF PROFESSIONAL DUTIES BY PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIALISTS
The key element of distribution chain of medicines is personnel, its occupational actions, knowledge and skills. Regulatory and legal documents are the designation of the boundaries of what is due, permissible and unacceptable in the provision of pharmaceutical services. Violation of these boundaries could be interpreted as "professional error", "improper performance of professional duties", "criminal offense". The analysis of these concepts is presented in this work. During the study period (01.01.2016 01.01.2021), there were no cases of criminal prosecution of pharmaceutical specialists for harm caused to the life and health of citizens within the proper dispense of medicines. The results of the analysis of judicial practice in cases related to the improper performance of professional duties by pharmacists are presented in this work. 541 court cases were studied: 228 in courts of general jurisdiction (197 of them - on civil and administrative issues, 31 - criminal actions) and 313 in arbitration courts. Improper performance of professional duties was understood as a deliberate or careless violation by a pharmacist of official requirements and standards for his professional actions. The dynamics of court cases over the past 5 years has been recognized, and the most violated areas of professional activity have been identified. A slight increase in the number of court cases related to the professional activities of pharmacists, tried both in courts of general jurisdiction and in arbitration courts, was revealed. The most common types of violations are: the dispense of prescribed drugs without a prescription, violation of the rules of storage of medicines, the work of pharmaceutical specialists without obligatory training, violation of the rules of recording and storage of controlled drugs, improper public procurement of medicines, violation of the anti-epidemic regime by pharmacy employees, "capsule-by-capsule " sale of medicines, incorrect organization of medicines receiving. The obtained results can be useful both for training pharmaceutical specialists and for the heads of pharmacy organizations in creating and improving the quality management system.