SUMMARY
The article studies the position structure of specialists, who may be assigned the duties of ensuring the quality control of medicines (drugs), the analysis of their work time loss. Also, the influence of the drug supplying method to the pharmacies on the working load of the specialists that must ensure the quality control in pharmaceutical institutions (PI) has been researched. Separately the attention was devoted to the importance of providing a separate position, which must ensure the quality control of drugs in PI. It has been determined that regardless of the drug supplying method to the pharmacies, the quality control of drugs in PI is provided, but in the presence of an authorized person the work time is improved significantlyas the specialists are able to perform their normal work, because the main load of work is carried by the main executor responsible for the quality control of drugs.