Section 4: Functions and powers of the Council.

The Council shall in the public interest -(a) administer the provisions of this Act;
(b) regulate the standard of pharmacy practice and business in Nigeria;
(c) determine the standard of knowledge and skills to be attained by persons seeking to become registered members of the pharmacy profession and review such standards;
(d) determine and set standards for the degree courses in faculties of pharmacy in Nigerian universities;
(e) establish requirements and standards for registration of intern pharmacists for internship and any other experiential training to enable a person obtain practical experience in the practice of pharmacy;
(f) establish requirements for the grant of licence to intern pharmacists to undergo internship training and engage in the practice of pharmacy in an approved institution under the direct supervision of registered pharmacists;
(g) establish and maintain a register of persons entitled to practice as members of the pharmacy profession and publish the list of members;
(h) inspect, approve, licence and regulate the registration and practice or operations in all pharmaceutical premises where drugs, medicines and poisons are manufactured, imported, exported, distributed, stored, dispensed or sold in Nigeria, based on Good Pharmaceutical Practice Standards (GPP);
(i) establish and maintain a register of premises used for the manufacture, storage, importation, exportation, distribution, sale and dispensing of drugs, poisons, medicines, and medical devices and accessories;
(j) regulate, formulate, publish and review the code of conduct, ethics and practice of the pharmacy profession and code of conduct for pharmacy technicians, patent medicine vendors and pharmaceutical marketers;
(k) determine and set standards for the training of pharmacy technicians in schools and colleges of health technology approved by the Council;
(l) determine the standards of knowledge and skills to be attained by persons seeking to become pharmacy technicians and patent medicine vendors, and review such standards;
(m) establish requirements for continuing education and development for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, patent medicine vendors and other cadres in practice in institutions and centres recognised by it, including the determination of acceptable continuing educational and developmental courses;
(n) register, licence, regulate and control the practice of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians or such other cadres as may be recognised by the Council in Nigeria;
(o) register, licence, regulate and control the activities of patent and proprietary medicine vendors and satellite medicine facilities, pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturing, importation, exportation, storage, distribution
of pharmaceutical products and veterinary products in Nigeria;
(p) regulate and control the practice of pharmaceutical marketing and representations;
(q) regulate and control pharmacy practice in all its aspects and ramifications; and
(r) do such other things that are necessary to ensure the efficient performance of the functions conferred on the Council under this Act.