Professional activity in the sphere of pharmacological support means compliance with moral and ethical standards while fulfillment of labor functions by pharmaceutical professionals. The study purpose was to examine requirements for compliance with ethics and deontology placed on pharmaceutical professionals who carry out their professional activity. Study methods: content analysis, sociological survey, comparative analysis, mathematical and statistical methods, and ranking. Study materials: federal laws, orders of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, occupational standards of pharmaceutical professionals, data from questionnaires of 95 pharmaceutical professionals. The performed analysis of regulatory documentation that regulates compliance with ethics and deontology by pharmaceutical professionals, examination of opinions of pharmaceutical professionals about the functions performed by them, identification of knowledge of those interviewed about constituents of ethics and deontology along with labor functions, fulfillment of which requires compliance with moral and ethical standards, displayed the necessity to improve knowledge and skills in the field of ethics and deontology at all educational levels.