**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  TEXAS **%~. AUSTIN**  **QUIW co** **MAwa ’**  **rmmn** **.L*OIY**

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. Honorable B. L. Wlleon

Member, Texar Bo&rd oi **PhannaO~** Livingston, Texan n ,

eglrtered phnrmaolrtj of delegate at 

### atloa of Board8 of

r letter8 of June 18, lp 6, regarding the 

### he opinion 

### of this duly registered 

### .ln another n lrr this State without rd Of Pharmaoiste?

seotlon 8 of ilrtiole 454Za, Vomon’r Annotated 01~11 Statutes, reads as iollowe: :.

aIt ehall be unlawful for any person who lr **not** a registered pharmaolst under the provleions of this AOt, or who 

### le not **under** the direot ~pertieion oi one 80 regletered to oompound,mix **or** me.nufaotuN **Or** roll Or dietribute at retail to the OQnmor any d. rugr Or
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Honorable R. L. ?i118On, Ea:-o 2

':.: *mdiolm8, except. 

### in orlrlnal~:aokn~ee, 

### all gerrmns 

### now reglstorod13 tbio State

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### prov!dedtpat . shall Care all the rlCht8 whloh are 

### granteato piaraoletl 

### under this Aot 

### and provldodfurthorthatnothlqp oontalned in this fiat shall bo ooaetrued to prevent the adulnlstra- :.ioa Or OO~.:~OUndinl: Of drups and sodiolrros oarrled or k8Qt by ?fcomed phyeloian0, dentists, votorinnriane and Chiropor Clsts In ardor to oup?ly the naodo of their patlentsb not to provcnt 

### the snle 0Z patent or voprletary 

### mdLolao# la “.. orl,:lml peokcrllrooonly and inaectipldee and funttloldes, 

### cacd hamless 

### ohelzloalo ussdin the arts 

### whenpromrly labeled; not to >rovent llconsudphyelcfans 

### dontfste vetorinoriana md oLiropodlst0 Pron 0013 tnrin.; ana Nellie any lzodloines of th% !?u&m, can ao3 r own formula*w titiole ?zfia Vornsn*e &Otatod IWuU Coda make0 the YiOlatlxl of any o! the 

### 2rovlolons of Article 434$a a rJ#- dozrrnor. tichlg thatIt 1% cle%r, thwcfore, that ovary phfArEnci8t graoprofcsaion lc tbie State .mnt be rorJstore& or 1%,c. licensed by tho Gourd, Or opratllq; mder the d.roOt 8upw. vision Of on0 85 rcg18torodr '.

Scation 9 of Article 4542~~ Vercon'a Annotntod Ciyl& ' Statute%, provide% for the &rantlni: OCllcenoea by the Board, and, ineo:ar 

### 88~18 portlceat to 

### tbo problem at fund, 

### reads:

w'Provlded that the ?,oard czayat it8 Elsoietlon Erant lloenoe .:\aphnrmoist to psraons whoi'uraieh proof that they have baon rJclstorsd 

### a,s such 

### in ao3e other Stste, and that they %ro of Good c;o,-nl character, provldad 8uCp other 5toto in it.8 exarznatlon rwlulred the txme Eeneral ciqyoe of fltnese recpilreil by tXla State and ~raat8 the %azmf;oolDrooel prlvlle~ee ~OphaXU3018~8Oi thi8 Stat.1

. . .Artlole 4542a thus *sat0 dl&etlon ln'tho board (the oondltions aet forth ln Smtlon 0 being rot to crmt or refuse 

### 1 to crnnt on the ba%is.oZ tho faate ln e'ech ,ndividual 0880 

### llfr oenfj@a to p~ara;nc~ota rcgliaturcd unde: the law0 Or 8OEU+ Other>,' aato, Zf mch phari?so~%t8~gr%otlco thalr,prO~e%SlO~ in thl% Stat0 without llconeo iron the Ttrxae

### Eaardof F~raoYo 0:. do not operate under the dlreot su::orv18~on 0: one 80 rc(;lotored, 0~ are a&deed in~'amwer to puoatlon BO. 1 amd * lt 18 the 02 &on or thla Dsparti?%nt.?&at they 

### wlll~rlolate

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### . Article 7580, 

### Vernon’sbmota+b,Pe~;f .Fod@, andrili be silty or a adodeneatu)P,. 

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may operate **Your** seoond question la whether 

### or not a pharmaoy

for any portion of its time without 

### the attandanor ’. ’ of a registered pharmaoist. Conoeivably your question oould oover many situations and in the absenoe of the iaOt8 a8 to : ‘
. any partidular lnstanoe ws shall endeavor to provide a eaneral :’ : . ;~ rule 

### ror your direotion. ,ic~.;*

Seotlons 15 and 16 or Artiole 4542a, 

### Vernon+~ ” ’ Annotated Oivil Statutea, read as iollowfil .

“S60. 15. In all stores 

### in whloh a rsglsterad ” pharmaoist is continuously employed and where the ‘~ :
‘,‘,provisions or this Aot have been r&y oomplied with;



### ~’there shall be displayed in a prominent plaoe in or‘ ,: on the front of eaid 

### &ore the word *Pharmaoy*,(f

., : ,. %eo. 10. It shall 

### be unlawful for +ny‘person to :~. --display in or on any store or place of business ths word. ” ::,:,‘.j’: ‘Pharmaoy’ either in the English or any forelgnlanguago, unless there is. oontinuously employed therein a regietarad ~: : pharmaoist under ‘the provieiona or this A6trn Seotlon 15 requires that all stores at whioh a ;.:.~ -.~ registered pharmaoiet ie ~contlnuouelg employed display the ,yord *Pharmaoy” in or 04 the front of the etore. Section 16 Jnakseit unlawful to so use the word “Pharmaoy” unless a regir tered pharmaoist is oontinuously~ empw therein. Therefore, ~ in 

### order to answer your question we must assume that the drug- “
.’ store has the word “Pharmacyn in noron the front of the storj ,’ and that a registered pharmaoiet le employed thsrein. The problem then involves an interpretation or the 

### phrase woon- ._ tinuouelp employed~‘r If the phrase la synonymous with the ‘~ ,~:. , ‘:~.. phrase “oonstant attendanoe” or “oontlnuous attendanoe”, your second queetion muat be answered in ths negative. How- I ” ,~ ::, ~erer,we hold that it $6 not + ,~. : ., To our minds the words woontlnuouslp employed” a8 used in Artiole 454Sa, Vernon’s Annotated.Civil Statutes, refer to empl.oyment rather. than att~end~an@s;and‘that the wo: arb used as the ,’ 

### rdr antithesis of intermittant~ sporadlo o;~~E;- 

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### viewe t wHolldaya sioknessos, reoreation periods, wuekmnda, Y all aM breaks in tha oontlnuity ot one’s oosupation,but, .: would **not** neoemeari$y 

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### I Wnorable R. L. Wileon, P8gr 4 Coneequently it is the opInLon of thIr Departmrnt and you are respeotrullr advlaed in unnwer to gour rooond quootlon that a artqstoro QirjdayLng the word Phnrnaop* In 

### or about the store and smployln~ a fu!l-time, re&latered pharmacist nay operate ror a 

### portion of the time It remalar open - by way Of m@(restlOA, 

### when thft pharmacist 10 ill at neala, or has a nhht orr - wlthout tho attend&no@ of l 

### reglatered phamaolrt.

Your third and ilnal queatlon lo whether or not $hc Torar Board oi Pharmacy mnyuee fund8 ooJ~looted under 

### the i;hnrmnoyAot to pas the oxpemzea of a Uolo;:ate to the N3.tionfil A~.sQcIat!OA 0r Eojoards or r3il1rmn0y. IA this oonneotIolL, you have been kind eoouf;h to fursiS:? thI8 Departzont with a detaIled nt$mnont~ as to t&o -,ur>oee of tho Nngonnl AseooIa- .



### tion or soarda or “rharmnoy. lioaeverr 

### a8 **otated** 

### to you before, we 

## mot deollne to amtier thin queat,.on until HOare in full ~ossosalon or rticte aa’to tfie >ur;ooo or 

### the doleGate ln attending this pmtlnt: 

### and what tho 5o&.rdsrpeota 

### to aooompllsh In the way Of u6tate 

### buelnoaaR b upon whioh we m8ay boee a conolua r eer:ding tho dole,^ats - faOt8 on 5.0 to 

### whether or not suoh +;,Fip 

### 1s neoassnry *in th6 porfornazoe 

### or the dutibn 

### or the

.I se0 se0tIoa ~,.ArtIol~ 454a.. Your6 iery truly

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### APP-JUL 26, 1940 , .),‘. \ b
ATTFRNEY

GENFRAL

0s TEXAS. .~;

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