The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-08-14
IT WILL BE
ENFORCED,
ATTENTION CALLED TO A RIGID
LAW ABOUT DRUGGISTS.
The Pharmaceutical Association or
South Carolina intends to Look AT
ter Enforcement OF tho Act.

At a recent meeting of the Pharma-
ceutical Association of South Carroll
ma it was decided to call the attention
of druggists throughout the State to
the following sections of nn Act as
amended and approved January 4th,
1894. 1t is the intention to rigidly
enforce the same, and they should give
special attention to its provisions:
Section 4. That from and after the
passage of this Act, the said Board of
Pharmaceutical Examiners shall alone
possess and exercise all the powers
heretofore given, and now possessed
by the Faculty of the Medical College
Of the State of South Carolina and the
Medical Faculty of the University of
South Carolina in respect to the license
Of Phnrmaceutists, Apothecaries and
Druggists,
Section 5. Every pharmacist, apoth-
ecary, or retail druggist, who has not
been previously licensed according to
law, who carries on and conducts the
business of such occupation in this State
must have license therefor, from the
! above named board, and any person
who shall carry on anl conduct tho
business of said occupations, or any of
them. without such license, shall be
liable to Indictment as for & misde
mennor; and on conviction subject to
4 fine not exceeding five hundred dol
lars, or imprisonment not exceeding
six months.
The said association is hereby author
lied and directed to prosecute all per-
sons violating tho provisions Of this
chapter or any of them.
In case any person convicted of vio-
lating any of the provisions Of this
chupt r, be punished by fine, onc-halt
Of sa fine shall he paid to .hc in
former, through whose agency such
conviction shall be had.
Section 6. Before granting said Ii
cense, except in cases hereinafter cx-
cepted, each applicant therefor shall
undergo an examination, by and before
the board, and of such nature As they
shall require: Int such examination
must include the reading of manuscript
prescriptions ana explanation thereof,
tho discovery or detection OF unusual
loses Of drugs, and especially poisons,
the recognition aud distinguishing OF
the various roots, barks, leaves, fruits,
resins and gums in common use, and
the proper antidotes AMI mode of ud.
min.stration thereof CT the different
poisons.
Section I. No examination shall be
required in case the applicant is reg,
ulur graduate in pharmacy from any
equitable college; but such applicant
shall be entitled to a license upon fur
uishing evidence of his graduation sat.
isfactory to the said board, and upon
payment of fee of five dollars. In
ease the applicant undergoes examina,
lion, the charge for the snme and for
granting the license shall not exceed
zen dollars, which amount shall go to
tie State Pharmaceutical Association
of tho State of South Carolina: Pro,
viIed, however, That outside of cities,
towns and villages, aud in towns or vii
lnges of three hundred inhabitants OF
less. where there is no regular pharma
cist, practicing physicians shall have
the right to compound and sell medi
,ines upon their obtaining II special Ii
ce.se from the said Board of Pharma
ccuticnl Examiners and paying therefor
IL fee of five dollars.
That nothing in this Act, however
shall be construed rs intending to hin
ier or prohibit any physician lawfully
engaged in the practice of his profes
sion anywhere within this State from
putting up his own prescriptions, OIL
h.,., Il,
Sectlol 8. That it shall be tho sole
duty of the Pharmaceutical Association
Of the State of South Carolina to es
tablish, carry on, and preserve, in
book to be kept for the purpose, n reg
lister Of all phaI maceutists, apothecarie
and retail druggists in the State, IN
cluding he names of persons regis
tered, place of business. the fac
whether the person registered be
graduate in medicine or rphamacy, O
whether under license granted on eX
animation, and any other matter o
Information the said association may
| see tit to add.
Section .. That it shall be the dut,
OF all licensed pharmaceutlstS, apOthc-
carries and retail druggists to have thel
names registered in manner aforesaid
10y the Pharmaceutical Association OF
the Stpto OF South Carolina and tt
reportnnnually, on oc before the frs
day of November, of each y.lr, to tn
! said Pharmaceutical Association of tn
! State of South Carolina, whether any
and If yea, what change has occurred
within the then preceding year as t