The Opelousas courier., 1888-07-28
An Act.
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and to regulate the fees and emol-
uments thereof; to prevent the
practice of pharmacy by u%nauthor-
lied persons and to provide for
the trial and punishment of viola
tors of the provisions of this act by
fine or Imprisonment.
Section L. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisi-
ana, That it shall hereafter be unlawful
for any other than n registered pharma-
eist to compound medicines, drugs or
chemicals, or to institute or conduct
any apothecary or drug store, or phar-
macy shop, for compromising drugs, !
medicines or chemicals, or for any per-
son to be employed therein, or placed
in charge thereof, for the purpose of
compromising drugs or chemicals under
prescriptions or otherwise.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc,
| Any person twenty-one years of age
shall be entitled to registration as a
duly registered pharmacist, on exhibit
ing to the board of pharmacy a diplo-
ma from any college or school of phar-
macy, in Europe or America, of good
and respectable standing, the status of
the institution as to responsibility and
standing to be judged and approved by
said Board, together with the affidavit
of the applicant, stating his age, ma
tivity and that he is the bona ide
holder of the diploma, and the person
named therein, and that he is regular
graduate or alumnus of said institution,
or in case that said applicant shall
produce no diploma as herein above
set forth, it shall be sufficient for him
to present an affidavit that he has had
four years'tpractical experience in the
manipulation and compromising of ply
s~icians' prescriptions, under the super.
vision OF q registered pharmacist, who
shall also attest the truth of the said
affidavit by swearing thereto, if said
registered pharmacist be alive and res
ident in the State of Louisiana; and
said affidavit shall set forth the g Of
the applicant, the place of his nativity,
and when and whore he has practiced
pharmacy, said affidavits to be preserv-
ed ON file by the board of pharmacy, as
a part of its records.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That the foregoing provisions of this
act shall notapply to OF effect any
person who shall be engaged in the ac-
tual preparation, compromising, and
dispensing of medicines or drugs in the
drug and apothecary business as pro-
prietor of the same, or as qualified as
~sistant therein, at the time of the pas
sage of this act, except ia so far as re-
lates to registration and fees provided
in section five. A qualified assistant
engaged inthe business at the time of
the passage of this act, is one who has
had not less than two years. practical
experience in the preparation, COM
pounding and dispensing of medicines,
or drugs in the drug and a~pothecary
business. All other actual assistants
actually engaged in the business at the
time OF the passage of this act shall,
upon the completion of a like term of
two years. experience, be entitled to
registration as qualified assistants with.
out examination; provided that moth
ingocontained in this act shall in any
manner whatever interfere with the
business Of any 5egistered practitioner
OF medicine, nor in any way prevent
him from administering or supplying
his patients with such drugs and medi-
cines as he may deem fit and proper,
nor shall it interfere with the making
and dealing in proprietary remedies,
popularity called patent medicines, nor
prevent storekeepers from dealing in
and selling the commonly used sSsn-
dard medicinesNan poisons, if all &uch
standard medicines and poisonsy in
cluded in this section, conform in all
respects to the requirements of section
seven. Nor shall this act apply to h
planter furnishing medicines to hands
in his employment or leasing lands
from him.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc..
That in case the board of pharmacy
shall have reason to doubt the truth oe
the allegations of any affidavit made
under the provisions of then foregoing
section, it shall have the right to exam
inc into and hear evidence thereon,
and if convinced of the falsity thereof,
it shall have the right to refuse regis
Stration, subject to the right of the APP
plicant to appeal to the courts by man :
damus; provided thatfalse swearing in
an affidavit herein before mentioned
shall be deemed perjury, and liable to
punishment as in other cases under ex-
listing laws.
Sec. S. Be it further enacted, etc.
That where the applicant neither fur
nishes the diploma or affidavit required
by the foregoing sections, he shall have
the right to registration after having
passed a satisfactory examination BY
the board of pharmacy as to his quail
fcations and capacity, which board
shall therenpon register the applicant,
and shall grant TO him d certificate. oil
registration as a pharmacist, the same
as in the case of the production of d
diploma or affidavit, as hereinbefore
provided. The board of pharmacy may
grant certificates of registration to Ii
centiates of such other State boards OF
the duly constituted authorities of 9th.
er countries, without further examina-
tion. The board of pharmacy shall
have the right to exact and collect from
applicants, before issuance Of certif.
cate, FIVE dollars 1857 for an examina.
ton of the applicant, and three dollars
1897 for the issuance of the certificate,
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That the governor shall appoint d
board of pharmacy consisting Of nine
l9) reputable practicing pharmacists,
doing business in the State, who shah
serve for four (4) years from the date