What is Health Support Pharmacy?

Health support pharmacies are pharmacies that have the basic functions of family pharmacists and pharmacies, as well as functions that actively support the proactive maintenance and promotion of health by citizens. In order to become a health support pharmacy, it is necessary to comply with the standards set by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare and to submit notifications to prefectures.

About the way of health support pharmacy (PDF: 431KB)

Health support pharmacy standards notification (Standards established by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare as stipulated in Article 1, Paragraph 5, Item 10 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Ensuring Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, etc., 2016) Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Notification No. 29) (PDF: 102KB)

Notice Concerning Standards for Health Support Pharmacy 0212 No. 5 Notification from the Director of the Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) (PDF: 313KB)

Flow of Procedures for Acquisition of Health Support Pharmacy

Advance consultation → change notification (please notify in advance) → monitoring

Required documents

Please fill in the necessary information in the notification of change and attach the documents related to the items stipulated in "Attachment 1 Documents attached to the notification (= checklist)". For details of the items, please refer to the following "Notice Concerning Standards for Health Support Pharmacies" Please see the relevant page in the Notification of the Director-General of the Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, February 12, 2012, PSE Notification No. 0212-5.

*Please consult us in advance regarding attached documents before submitting a change notification.

Notification of change (word: 21KB)

Notification of change (PDF: 98KB)

Attachment 1 Attached documents to notification form (= checklist) (PDF: 167KB)

Notice Concerning Standards for Health Support Pharmacy 0212 No. 5 Notification from the Director of the Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) (PDF: 313KB)