OFFICE OF**THE** ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS AUSXIN

Bournable Walter Cousitm, Jr., Secretary Taxes Board of PharMay gll Inxuranoe Building Dlllas, Texas Dear 32r2



### "Thereare qbanypersona registered under the lawa ’of Neui.%exlcouhd have applied to Texas for reaiprocitg, and, sin00 the MeuMexico lava regulating the practice of 

### pharmacydo not have the sameKonorable Walter C0~8ln8, Jr., pago 2

prerequisites **as** the laws of Texas, **and sines**  some OSthe persons lloenaetl In the State of EewHex100 studied la *oram sohools or sorved approntloeships under licensed pbarmaolsts **and** later took the examination and were admitted 

### aslloensed pharmacists in the State of NewMexloo; and others took their pharsaoeutloal l dwatlon by oorrespondenoe **or exteasion**  York, ve would like to knowif under Seation 9 of Artiale **4542-a,** Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, this Roar6 hss the right to gra& reolprooltg, slnoe our law etates:

“‘Provided **that** the State Board of Pharaaoy may, in **its dlsorrtlon,**  upon the psymat of Twentyfive ($25.00) Dollars, grant a lloease to praotloo phusmcy to persons who furnish prool that t&y have beenregistered as suoh In lotse other State or Territory, en6that they are of gtmd mqral oharaoter. Prwlded that such other Beard in its examination requires the sam geaeml degree of fltuess required by this State 

### andgrants the same reoiprooal privileges to pharmolsts of this State.’ *In term tthe 

### samegeneral degree of fitness ’, set forth above, what is 

### meant by *semi@ germral degree of lltness~? I (1

. . . . SInoe the Legislature in 1943 amended the st8tutes regulating the praotlce OSpharmsoy in Texas, it 1s msde a

### tirolyolear by Seetlon 9that everyperson desiring to praotloe pharmacy in the State of Teus shall be **required** to pass the eudaation g%ven by the State Board of **Phcmsay.** This SeatIon of the Aot sets forth in speoitle detsll thb aaeoemsarg qualificationa of a&xapplioant for such eumluatlon. These requirements ares (1) that the 

### l pplloant has obtained the age of 21 **yeara;** (2) i5 of good sioral oharacteri (3) 18 **a** oltlaea of the United States; (4) is a graduate OSa first olass hlgb school or hss a prellrlnary stluaatlaa equlvaleat thereto that vould pertit matrloulatlon In the University of Texas; 

### and (5) that he has attended and graduated from 

### areputable sohool or college of

’ pharmacy which meets vlth the requlremeuts of thexonoreble Walter Couslas, Jr., pege 3

BMrd. In addition to this, he shell heve he6 one yeer of 

### practual experlenoe la a retail phermsoy under the direct supsrvlaion of l registered phemeolst. A reputable or rroognlzed sohool or college of pherasoy is 

### defined es oas uhos4 course of lastruotlon shell be the equivalent of ’not lses than four terms bf 

### eightmaths eaoh, all of which shell be’epproved by the keld. The statute further outlluss the o~urses of study which sbll be **awered** bJthe aemlnatlaa.

Tluwo Is e spsolfla prwlsloa la this Seotioa of t’he 

### Aothovevtrglvlag the 

### Boardthe disoretloa to great a lloease 

### topraotioepheraeoy 

### toe person who?uraIshss 

### pmr uMefeotory to the 

### Boardthat 

### hehasbeea 

### reglster~dli~s.PrPeother 

### stateor territory. This dlsarutioa of the Boer&hovever Is oondltloaed with the raquireaent, first,, thet the 8pplieeat sbell be of good aorel ohareoter ead; seao+d, tht the Boerd shell require OSthe appllcent the seas 

### gsaeraldogme of 

## ritness that is rsqulrsd of 

### en l pplloent to taks tits we8.lastlon In this State.

Oaeof ths obvious purposes of the emsaded lev ls to raise the steaderds of the professloa in this Stat.. Ia carrying out the purposes mid objects or the &v It seem oleu that it vould be the duty of the Bomdto asesurs the quellflaatloas or ea eppllseat rogIstorrU 

### ~eaother Stateby the seas 

### generelsteaderds that ere applied to these deslrlag 

### totake the sxeaIaetloa Ia this Stek. It is our oplaioa, therefore, thet the olsuse, "the sama general degree OSfltness" used in the Aot, 

### mans just that. Out-of-8tats lloeasees la order to qusllfy la Texas must mesure up tq all tha 

### steadsrdsthet ere lsrposedupon all 

### otherappliaent~ 

### Sorexeal.aetloa 

### topreotloa pbermeay in Texas. Ofoourse, there is the other requIrerent that the 

### l ppliaeat aunt be liaenssd by l State reolprooetlag vith Tsxes l.athis regerd.