OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSXIN 

Bournable Walter Cousitm, Jr., Secretary 

Taxes Board of PharMay 

gll Inxuranoe Building 

Dlllas, Texas 

Dear 32r2 

"There are qbany persona registered under the 

lawa’of Neu i.%exlco uhd have applied to Texas for 

reaiprocitg, and, sin00 the Meu Mexico lava regulating the practice of pharmacy do not have the same 
Konorable Walter C0~8ln8, Jr., pago 2 

prerequisites as the laws of Texas, and sines some 

OS the persons lloenaetl In the State of Eew Hex100 

studied la *oram sohools or sorved approntloeships under licensed pbarmaolsts and later took 

the examination and were admitted as lloensed 

pharmacists in the State of New Mexloo; and others 

took their pharsaoeutloal l dwatlon by oorrespondenoe or exteasion York, ve would like to know if 

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 been registered as suoh In l otse other State 

or Territory, en6 that 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 and grants the same 

reoiprooal privileges to pharmolsts of this State.’ 

*In term tthe same general degree of fitness’, 

set forth above, what is meant by *semi@ germral degree of lltness~? 

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SInoe the Legislature in 1943 amended the st8tutes 

regulating the praotlce OS pharmsoy in Texas, it 1s msde atiroly olear by Seetlon 9 that every person 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&x applioant 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 OS a 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 a reputable sohool 

or college of’ pharmacy which meets vlth the requlremeuts of the 
xonoreble 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 eight maths eaoh, all of which shell be’epproved 

by the keld. The statute further outlluss the o~urses of 

study which sbll be awered bJ the aemlnatlaa. 

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

Aot hovevtr glvlag the Board the disoretloa to great a lloease 

to praotioe pheraeoy to e person who ?uraIshss pmr uMefeotory to the Board that he has beea reglster~d li~s.PrPe other 

state or 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 OS the appllcent the seas gsaeral dogme of ritness that is rsqulrsd of en l pplloent to taks tits we8.lastlon 

In this State. 

Oae of 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 Bomd to asesurs the 

quellflaatloas or ea eppllseat rogIstorrU ~eaother State by 

the seas generel steaderds that ere applied to these deslrlag 

to take the sxeaIaetloa Ia this Stek. It is our oplaioa, 

therefore, thet the olsuse, "the sama general degree OS fltness" used in the Aot, mans just that. Out-of-8tats lloeasees 

la order to qusllfy la Texas must mesure up tq all tha steadsrds thet ere lsrposed upon all other appliaent~ Sor exeal.aetloa to preotloa pbermeay in Texas. Of oourse, there is the 

other requIrerent that the l ppliaeat aunt be liaenssd by l 

State reolprooetlag vith Tsxes l.a this regerd.