Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-03-18


led medical college or college of phar-
macy ana is competent Tor me business;
me commissioners may give him certi-
ucate or that fact and that he Is au-
,horizeu to engage In the business of AN
apotnecary, and such certificate must be
slgneu by at least two commissioners.
In case the result OF the examination Is
unsausfactti Y. and no certlticate is
granted, the applicant shall have the
right to asother examination without
charge, after an interval of TWO months,
and within twelve months after the date
of his first examination. Only one of the
partners in firm need be a registered
druggist, provided, the partner VINO COM
pounus medicines be registered. All cer-
uticates issued under the provisions of
this act shall be constantly displayed. IN
a conspicuous place In the store or shop
of the persons 10 whom the same were is
sued.
Section s. Certificates of two grades OF
kinds may be issued whereof one shal.
aeclare that the holder is skilled in phar-
macy as in section seven of this act, and
The other kind which after the eXamina-
lion of the applicants therefor, may be
issued TO such as shall not be less than
eighteen years of age and who have
passed the junior year in college of
pharmacy or in Il department of phar-
macy in any Incorporated college. or
served Two full years in an apothecarS
store where physicians prescriptions are
compounded. shall declare that the holder
is a qualified assistant and is qualified to
take charge of the business of :tn apothe-
registered aDothecary. and the fee Tor
such assistants examination shall be 'lNe
dollars.
Section o. Every registered apOthecary
or qualified assistant who desires TO con,
tinue the business of an apothecarN Sii,li
annually thereafter. during the tiine ne
shall continue such business on s,iei, "nae ~
as said board may determine, pay 10 me
secretary OF said board Il reglStralioi, re
10 be fixed by said board, but whicn
shall in no cas-" exceed ;e IL u!,fiiied ,fis ns.
sjstant. fifty cents for which he snail re,
o.iye Il renewal Of said registration. ana
he shall not continue IN SurE business
after the date set by. said board Tor saia
renewal unless he shall have compiled
with the requirements of this section
Any registered apothecary or 4ualiiied
:,ssistait, who shall fail to obtain Il re-
newaI of registration as herein provided
within three years after the date set by
The right thereto. The fees paid t" said
board by virtue of this section may be
used by said board for the detection and
prosecution of violations of this act.
Section 10. No registered apothecary
shall suffer or permit the use of his name
or certificate of registration in the con-
himself is not actively engaged in such
business in the store where his certiiic:tte
is displayed.
Section II. 1t shall not be lawful for
any store to be kept open for the sale of
medicines or poisons, or for colnpoundinE
physicians prescriptions, nor shall drugs
medicines be exposed or displayed Tor
sale in any store. except as otherwise
provided herein, unless the same is placed
and kept under the personal control and
supervision Of registered apothecary or
qualified assistant, but such store may be
under the charge of Il qualified assistant
during the temporary absence of such
registered apOthecary. IA
Section y. Ii any person hereafter en-
gage in or be found in charge Or CARRYING
on a business, or disIaays any drugs,
medicines. drug storf ii ittinxs orsfurnish-s
10 drug store to give the appearance ofy
an apothecary store or claim to be ors
represent himself to be an apothecary,s
contrary to the provisions of this act, he;
shall upon Indictment and conviction be
subject to penalty of fifty dollars per
month for the first ofense and one hundred
subsequent offense, whether for contin-
lance in said business or for engaging
anew therein in violation of the provis-
ions of this act. The county attorney in
each county upon complaint made by any
one of said commissioners shall prose-
cute all violations of the provisions of
Section 13 The provisions of this act
shall apply in the cases of women who
shall hereafter enter upon and carry on
the business of apothecaries. This act
shall not apply in the case of physicians
who prepare and dispense their own
medicines nor to the sale of non-poison-
Gus domestic remedies and patent or
proprietary preparations usually sold by
yrOCerS and Others
Section IA. Any person may enter upon
the business of an apothecary without the
certificate required by the foregoing act:
provided. he does not personally do the
duties of an apothecary, but employs a
duly registered apothecary who has sole
charge of compromising. putting up and
dispensing medicines and drugs under
the provisions of this act.
Section 15 If any person engaged in
the business of an apothecary knowingly
uses any drugs or ingredients i'll prepar-
ing or commanding a written prescrip-
tion of any physician different from those
named in the prescription. he shall upon
conviction thereof be fined not less than
five dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars.
tcrates. for the purpose of sale. any drug
medicine, or sells any fraudulently
aduItcrated drug or medicine. knowing
the same to be adulierated. shall be pun
iShed by Imprisonment in Jail not eX-
cetding one year. or by fine not exceed
ing four hundred dollars; and such adii-
terated- drugs and medicine shall be Tor
feited. and destroyed under the direction
Of the court.
Sectionf11 Whoever sells arsenic, ar
senio,is acid. atropa or any of its salts.
chlorai hydratc, chlOroform. cotton root
and it's. fluid extract. Fowler's solution.
Corrosive sublimatc. cyanide of potassium;
DOu0vanS solution. erEot ana lis lluld
extract. laudan,nn. McMunn's elixir NOR:
phia or any of its salts. sugar of lead.
oil Of savin. oil of tansy. opium, iar-
sons vermiu cxtcrminatOr. phosphorus.
pr,ssic acid. rough on rats, strychnia or
any of it's salts, tartar cmetic tincture of
:iconite. tincturc of beladonna. tincture
Of sdieitalS. tncturc of nuX vomlca
tincturc of veratrum vride. crystals OF
carboic acid or Il strong solution OF car
, holic acid, without the written prescrip--
,ion OF !; physician shall keep a record
',nf such SALE the name and quantity on
lie article sold. and the name ana resi-
E. dence of he person or persons to whom
ie was delivered, which record shall be
made before the article Is delivered. ana
shall 1T all times be open to Inspection
by the police authorities and officers o1
cities and towns: but no sale OF cocaine
or its salts shall be made except to den
lists or the prescription of n physl-
clan. Whoevcr neglects to keep or re,
. fuses 10 show to said officers such record
shall br punished by fine not exceeding
= fifty dollars. Whoever sells amy oI tne
poisonous articles named in this section
without the written prescription OF phy-
sician, shall affix to the bottle. box or
wrapper containing the article sold 4 III.
bel of red paper. upon when snaii pc
printed in large letters the word POI,
son, and also the word 'antidote, ana
the name and place of business or the
vender. The name of an antidote, II tnere
be amy, for the poison sold, shall also be
upon the label. Every neglect to affiX such
d label 10, such poisonous article soid pc
fore the delivery thereof to the purchaser
shall be punished by IA fine not exceeding