New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

qua counties, and the middle. consisting of all
the other counties of the State. The State
Board Of Pharmacy consists of fifteen HseIGters
five from each OF the sections just mentioned.
These members are elected for a term OF five
years. by the various pharmaceutical soeies les
Of the State
Among the powers OF the Board OF Pharmate
are: To make its own bylaws. rules and regula-
tons; TO regulate the practice of pharmacy; 10
regulate the sale of poisOns; TO control the char
a,ter and standard OF drugs ard medicines;
investigate all complaints as to quality and
strength Of drugs. etc; to regulate the working
hours of employees in drug stores; 10 inspect all
drug stores and dispensaries; TO investigate all
alleged violations of the law: require and
provide for annual registration of every dru-
store; to examine all applicants for license -
registration; and TO revoke any license GSSueI
by IL for cause and after opportunity for hear
ing. II must keep record Of all licenses issued
open for inspection by any citizen of the STATE.
and it must max annual report e. IN. .;-,-
ernor
According to this new law no person I..--
conduct drug store or sell drugs and re.i.-
c.n"s cor compound physicians prescriptions rl.-
less he holds "a license from th- Board 90 PHa--
macy- Such license there are two grad $.
licensed druggist and licensed pharua, i-J
Is issued only after thorough examination u
which tho applicant shows his qualification az.
utuesS. These examinations are held morta..
ia N-N-York alternating between Mauhatt4-
and HrookNn,. ALBANY. Rochester and Eurfa'.
Apprentices must b- reported To the Bar!
for registration Il, nSes must hr at al tin.,s
"t~picUou-.y displayed the dru; store It-
IroprI.tur's name must appear on the sign ou--
side ~ tho druE store. and the name dis
played is evidence Of ownership 'Th- yu.t,0
tIf.
IN, legal stan Hard for an drugs ami prrrara-
lions. Adult-r4tion is made ri,sd-ncanor. and
adultera,aL drugs must be, destroyed uy :h-
Board.
There arr various penajtir, pr~s.r.t-i to-
violations of this law, and repeated violation,
ar cause tor revocation II license.
THnKTY-sIX HUNDRED ORIG STORES
I, is estimated hy the Board that there -
about thirty-siN hundred pharmacies. or retas
drug stores. III the State. II has not Yet been
organized long enough 10 have a careful count
the complete registration called for by the
new law. Of the total number. about two thou
sand in the eastern section, and of these
eighteen hundred are in the city Of New-Yorb.
The reader may imagine that the members OF
the Board Of Pharmacy do not have exactly tbs
lightest burdens OF all public servants.
Among the bylaws adopted by the Board 4
one providing that in New-York City the work
Ing hours OF employees in drug stores shall nor
exceed l36 hours in any two consecutive weeks
the distribution OF which through the several
days OF the week may be arranged by agree
ment between employer and empoye
AN IMPROVEMENT On THI OLD LAW
Asked about the operation of the new law.
Clarence Otis Big-low. chairman of the Eastern
or New York Branch of the Board of Pharmacy
said:
The new Pharmacy law is working admirably
everything Is running smoothly and eXpe-
ditiouSly could be expected. The Board has
met and organized IL has adopted bylaws and
rules ana issued blank forms of application for
registration. which have been distributed 70
every drug store. So far in the Eastern Branch
about eleven hundred stores have applied for
registration, and more are coming in every day.
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