Pharmacy Opening Registration | Hwang Yunsang Administrative Office

Procedure

Procedure type

Registration Difficulty Medium
The authority checks whether the statutory registration requirements, such as facilities, staff and capital, are met before issuing a registration certificate. Registration can be refused if the requirements are not met.

01
Check the location and relationship to medical institutions: Use the drawings and a site visit to confirm whether the candidate premises are on the grounds of a medical institution building, share a medical institution's site, or are connected to a medical institution by a dedicated passage.
02
Check the building use: Confirm on the building register that the use of the unit permits a pharmacy, and if a change of use is needed, review it together with local ordinance standards.
03
Organize the products to be sold: Decide which of health functional foods, quasi-drugs, cosmetics and medical devices will be sold alongside medicines, and determine whether additional reports are needed depending on whether the pharmacy owner sells them directly or a separate business operates its own store.
04
Design the pharmacy area and dispensing room: Keep the dispensing room as an independent space and store prescription drugs out of customers' reach. A pharmacy inside a mart or large store should be separated with fixed partitions or glass walls rather than floor lines or movable shelving, so the pharmacy area can be closed off on its own.
05
Apply for registration and on-site check: Submit the application with a copy of the pharmacist license, a location map and a floor plan to the public health center; an official checks the separation and storage structure and requests corrections for anything unclear.
06
Additional procedures: If a separate business operates a health functional food store alongside, a health functional food sales business report is required, and tax refund sales to foreign tourists require separate designation as a tax refund shop.

Filing route

Public health center of the city, county or district where the pharmacy is located

Confirm the current filing office, jurisdiction, and online availability on the official website.

Official check

Actual processing agencyCompetent Korean authority or official service

Statutory and policy authorityMinistry of Health and Welfare

Online routeGovernment24

Deadlines & processing notes

Check deadlines and next steps against the notice, filing date, and any request for additional documents.Official check

Basic documents

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Pharmacy opening registration applicationCopy of the pharmacist or herbal pharmacist licensePharmacy location map (showing its position relative to medical institutions)Pharmacy floor plan (showing the dispensing room and drug storage areas)Building register, lease agreement or other proof of the right to use the premisesSeparation drawings and an explanation of operations for a combined store (if applicable)Additional report documents, such as a health functional food sales business report (if applicable)

Premises connected to a medical institution by a dedicated passage will not be registered even after interior work is finished, so check the building structure before signing a lease.

Scope of services

Hwang Yunsang Administrative Agent Office prepares and translates documents for administrative agencies, submits them on your behalf, and guides you through permit, application, and notification procedures. Services that require the principal’s personal appearance, principal’s application, or electronic signature may be limited in delegation.