The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

Approved Nov. 30, 1907.
 Official:
 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State
 No. 5S) AN AcT d4 7o To regulate the practice of pharmacy
 and the sale of poisons in cities and
 towns of more than nine hundred in-
 habitants in the State of Alabama, to
 iix the penalty for violations of said
 act to repeal chapter S9 of the Civil
 Code of Alabama, 1896, and Section 5Ss5
 Of the Criminal Code of Alabama. 1896,
 and all other laws in conflict with the
 provisions of this act.
 section l. Be it enacted by the Leg islature of Alabama, That the Governor shai appoint three persons from among the most prominent licensed pharmacists or the State, all of whom shall have had practical experience of at least five years in their profession and shall have been residents of the State for at least nVe years, said persons shall constitute Board of Pharmacy for the State of Alabama, and shall be charged with the duties hereinafter prescrib- ed. One member of said Board shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, and one for three years and at the expiration these several terms the Governor shall appoint successors all of whom shall possess the same qualflca- tions as defined above, the terms of which successors shall be for three years. Should vacancy occur in said Board by death, resignation, physical inability or from other cause the Governor shall appoint a successor for the unexpired term who shall possess the same aualifi- cations as above set out, provided that the members of the present Board of Pharmacy for the State of Alabama shall serve until the expiration of the respect i've terms for which they have been ap- pointed. The Board of Pharmacy for the State of Alabama as herein provided for shall have power to make such by laws and regulations as it deems neces- sary for it's government, and to create such auxiliary boards as it deems neces- sary for the proper discharge of it's du- ties. provided that such auxiliary boards shall be composed of licensed pharma- cists and shall be without expense to the state
 Sec. ?. That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person to conduct pharmacy, drug store, apothecary shop or store in which drugs are dispensed or in which the prescriptions of physicians are filled in a city or town of more than nine hun dred inhabitants unless he be q licensed n "a n m nf or unless he keeps one or more licensed pharmacists in his employment for selling and dispensing the drugs in his estab- lishment and for compromising the pre- scriptions of physicians.
 Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Board of Pharmacy herein provided for to examine, both orally and in writ ing, all persons who may make applica- tion for a license as a pharmacist, pro- vided, that such persons are of good moral character, and of temperate hab- it's and shall make application such form as may be prescribed by said board. Said examination shall cover such sub jects as will enable said Board to judge as to the qualifications of the applicant to dispense and compound drugs, medi- cines and chemicals and to fill the pre- scriptions of physicians. If in the opin- ion of the Board an applicant Is quail flied to discharge the duties Of a phar- macist the Board shall issue to such ap plicant according to form to be pre- scribed by the Board, license as a phar- macst, a record of which shall be en- tered in book kept for the purpose. All nh ci St yb m ance with existing law at the time this act goes into operation shall be entitled to pro forma certificates and to pursue their occupation without undergoing examination in accordance with the pro- visions of this act.
 Sec. f. That said Board of Pharmacy shall have the right to issue to a phar- macist who holds certificate of qualifi- cation as a pharmacist from the Board of Pharmacy of another State license without requiring him to undergo an examination, provided, that the standard of qualification maintained by said Board of Pharmacy of another State is at least equal to that maintained by the Board of Pharmacy in this State, and provided further that the applicant is a person of good moral character and temperate habits.
 Sec. 5. That every owner of a phar- macy, drug store, or store in which drugs and pharmaceuticals are sold or dispensed by retail or in which the prescriptions of physicians are filled, in a city or town of more than nine hundred inhabitants, and every registered pharmacist employ ed in such pharmacy drug store or store | shall he held responsible for the quality of drugs. chemicals or medicines sold, dispensed or compounded in such pharmacy. drug store or store with the exception of those drugs, chemicals or medicines sold in the original packages of | a manufacturer and of those known as | proprietary medicines and should such owner or registered pharmacist know ingly adulterate or cause to be adulter- ated such drugs. chemicals or medicines as may be sold or dispensed or compound l ed in such establishments such owner or registered pharmacist or both shall be guilty of a msdemeanor, and on convic- 1 tion shall be liable to a penalty not ex- | ceedng two hundred dollars. and in ad- | dition to such penalty his license shall | be revoked and his name shall be strck- l en from the register of pharmacists. | Sec. G. That from and after the pass age of this act it shall be unlawful to retail any of the following named poisons, to-wit: arsenic and its preparations, cor rosve sublimate, white and rec precip- itate. biniodide of mercury. cyanide of