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Rules for the pharmacy technician programme
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om farmakonomuddannelsen
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The executive order replaces the 2007 rules on the pharmacy technician programme.
- The programme is set at three years (180 ECTS points) and includes a theoretical part of 17 months (85 ECTS points) and a practical part of 19 months (95 ECTS points).
- The programme must be completed no later than 6 years after it begins.
- Students who started before 1 September 2026 must, as a general rule, complete the programme under the earlier rules.
- Who: Students on the pharmacy technician programme, the Pharmacy Technician School and private pharmacies that are training pharmacies.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 September 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 30 June 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 2 July 2026
- In force · 1 September 2026