Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-06
PHARMACY BILL.
IN Act to Regulate the Practice of Phar-
macy in the State of Texas.
The Proposed Bill Does Not Interfere with ANY
One in Business in Texas at the
Time of Its Passage.


citation at its ninth annual meeting ap-
pointed committee on pharmaceutical
egislation and authorized them to pre-
/ sent to the next legislature a bill, anr'
| esk It's passage, regulating the practice
+ # pharmacy in this state. The commit
tee, after hard work, prepared the fol-
lowing bill, which will be submitted To
/ the state legislature at au early day:
Section l BE il enacted by the legis,
! lature of the state of Texas, That it
! shall be unlawful for any person, unless
| Il qualified pharmacist within the mean
| ing of this act, to open or conduct any
! pharmacy or store for retailing or COM
! pounding medicines, or for any one not
| qualified pharmacist to prepare phvSi-
/ clans prescriptions or compound or yend
incidence except under the direct super
/ vision of 8 qualified pharmacist as herein
! after provided.
Sec. 2. Any person, in order to be
! qualified, shall be tWenty-One years old
| and shall have had four years practical
| experience in the preparation of physi
! clans prescriptions, in compromising and
vending medicines, and shall have passed
/ Il satisfactory examination before the
/ board Of pharmacy of Texas, or shall be
q graduate in pharmacy or an assistant
! in pharmacy.
Sec. s. Graduates in pharmacy shall be
such as have obtained a diploma from
+, regular Incorporated college of phar-
macy, that is recognized by the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical Association, and that
| requires not less than four years expert.
,nce in stores where prescriptions o .
medical practitioners have been com
pounded before said diploma is issued.
Sec. 4, Assistants in pharmacy must b,'
tWenty-one years old, and have had four
! years experience i'll stores where prescrip-
! tions of medical practitioners have been
prepared, and shall have passed q salts
actory examination before the board Of
pharmacy of Texas.
Sec. 3. As soon as practicable after
The passage of this act, the executive,
committee of the Texas State Pharma-
ceutical Association shall recommend five
persons from among the most competent
pharmacists of the state to the governor,
and he shall appoint three of them, who
shall be known and styled as
the board OF pharmacy for the
state of Texas; one of whom shall hold
ais Office for one year, one for two years
and one for three years, and each until
lis successor shall be appointed and
qualified; and each year thereafter the
said executive committee shall recon-
mend three pharmacists to the governor,
one of whom he shall appoint for three
years, and until a successor shall be ap-
pointed and qualified. If a vacancy oc-
ours in said board another shall be ap-
pointed as aforesaid TO fill the unexpired
term thereof. Said board shall have
power to make bylaws and all the ne
ment of their duties under this act.
Sec. 6. The board shall meet within
ninety days after the passage of this act,
and twice year thereafter, in as central
portions of the state as practicable, and
shall give one month 5 notice through the
public press of the time and place of
meeting The board shall organize for
business by electing a registrar of phar-
macy The duties of said board shall be
to examine all applicants for registration,
to direct the registration by the registrar
of all persons properly qualified or en-
titled thereto, and report annually or
oftener if required, to the governor, on
the condition of pharmacy, together with
the name and residence of all qualified
pharmacists.
Sec. Z. The duties of the registrar of
pharmacy shall be to keep book in
which shall be entered, under the super
vision of the board of pharmacy, the
name and place of business of every per-
son who shall apply for registration, and
a statement, signed by the person making
the application of such facts in the case
as may claim to justify his or her appli-
cation 1t shall also be the duty of the
registrar to duly note the fact against the
name of any qualified pharmacist who
may have died or moved from the state,
or disposed of or relnquished his bust
ness.
Sec. s. The registrar of pharmacy
shall receive Il salary which shall be de-
tePmlned by said board; he shall also re-
ceive his travelling and other expenses in
Cured IN the performance of his official
duties. The other members of said board
shall receive the sum of So for each day
actually engaged in such service, and
all the legitimate aud necessary ex-
penses incurred in attending the meetings
of said board. Said expenses shall be
paid from the fees and penalties received
by said board under the provisions of this
act, and no part of the salary or other
expenses of said board shall be paid out
of the public treasury. All moneys re-
ceIved of said board in excess of said
allowances and expenses hereinbefore
the registrar of said board as a special
fund for meeting the expenses of said
board, said registrar giving such bonds
as the said board shall from time to time
direct. The said board shall, in its an
nual report to the governor, render an
account of all moneys received and dis
bursed by them pursuant to this act
Sec. 8. Any person in order to become
d qualified pharmacist within the mean
ing of this act shall apply and appear for
examination and registration, and shall
pay to the board of pharmacy So, and on
passing the examination required shall
be furnished free of cost a certificate of
registration signed by the said board
Should said person fail to pass a satisfac-
tory examination, he may at any other
one meeting of the board of pharmacy
within twelve months be permitted TO be
examined without cost.
Sec. 10. Any person having served
three and half years as specified in
section two of this act, anS complies with
section nine, may be examined, and if
said examination is satisfactory to the
board of pharmacy, shall receive a Ger
tifieate dulV SiRDRd after hariuor serVod