The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-20

of whom shall possess the same quai : ifications as defined above, the terms of which successors shall be for three years. Should . vacancy occur in said Board by death. reaignation, phys ical inability or from other cause the governor shall appoint successor Tor the unexpfred term who shall pos- sess the same qualifications 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 respective terms for which they have been appointed. The Board of Pharmacy for the State Of Alabama as herein provided for shall have power to make such bylaws ana regulations as 1t deems. necessary TOT It's government, and to create such auxiliary boards as it deems necessa- ry for the proper discharge of its du- ties, provided, that such auxiliary boards shall be composed of licensed pharmacists and shall be without ex- pense to the State. 4s
 Sec. 2. That from and after the passage of this act 1t shall be unlaw- fui for any. person to conduct a phar- store In which drugs are dispensed or in which the prescriptions of physi- clans are filled in q city or town of more than nine hundred inhabitants un- less he be a licensed pharmacist tn the meaning of this act, or unless he Keeps one or more licensed pharma- cists in his mpioyment for sling and dispensing the drugs in his establish ment and for compromising the pre- scriptions of physicians
 Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Board of Pharmacy herein pro- vided for to examine. both orally. and In writing. all persons who may make application for license as a phar- macist, provided, that such persons are of good moral character and of tenn perate habits, and shall make appli- cation in such form as may be pre- scribed by said Board Said examina- . tion shall cover such subjects as will enable said Board to judge as to the qualifications of the applicant to dis pense and compound drugs, medicines and chemicals and to fill the prescrip- tions of physicians. If in the opinion of the Board an appli- cant is qualified to discharge the duties of a pharmacist the Board shall issue to such applicant according to a form to be prescribed by tiIe Board. a license as a pharmacist, record of which shall be entered in a book kept for the purpose. All pharmacists who are licensed in accordance 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 exam ination in accordance with the provis- ions of this act.
 Sec. 4. That said Board of Pharma- cy shall have the right to issue to a pharmacist who holds certificate of qualification as a p1armacist from the Board of Pharmacy of another State a license without requiring him to un- dergo an examination. provided. that the standard of qualification maintain. ed by said Board of Pharmacy of an- other 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. 6. That every owner of a pharmacy. drug store, or store in which drugs and pharmaceuticals are sold or dispensed by retail or in which the prescriptions of physicians are fill- ed, in city or town of more than nine hundred inhabitants. and ployed in such pharmacy. drug store or store, shall be held responsi- ble for the quality of drugs. chemicals or medicines sold, dispensed or com pounded in such pharmacy. drug store or store. with the exception of those drugs. chemicals or medicines sold in the original packages of a manufactur- CT and of those known as ''proprie- tary medicines" and should such own CT. or registered pharmacist knowing ly adulterate or cause to be adulterat- ed such drugs. chemicals or medicines as may be sold or dispensd or com pounded in such establishments such. such owner or registered pharmacist or both shall be guilty of a misds- meanor, and on conviction shall be H. able to penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars. and in addition to such penalty his license shall be revok- ed and his name shall be stricken from the register of pharmacists.
 Sec. 6. That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to retail any of the following named poisons, to-wit: arsenic and it's prepa- rations, corrosive sublimate. white and red precipitate, biniodide of mercury. cyanide of potassium. hydrocyanic, acid. strychnine, and all other poisonous drugs. their alkaloids and salts: the es- sential oil of almonds, aconite, bella- donna. conium. caldhicum, nux vomi- ca henbane, sabfh. ergot, cotton root. cantharides creosote, veratrum digitalis, croton oil, chloroform, chlo- ral hydrate. sulphate and acetate of zinc, mineral acids, carbolic and oxal- ic acids, without labelling the box, ves- sel or paper in which the said poison Is contained with the word poison,
 together with the name and place of business of the seller: nor shall 1t be lawful to deliver or sell any of the poisons enumerated above unless upon inquiry it is ascertained that the pur- chaser is aware of the poisonous char acter of the articles and unless the purchaser represents that the article is to be used for a legitimate purpose. The provisions of this section shall not apply to dispensing poisons in not un- usual quantities or doses upon the prescriptions of legally licensed prac. titioners of medicine, provided, that such prescriptions shall not be refill. cd except upon the order. of the phy- sician who originally wrote the pre- scription. It shall be unlawful to sell. give away, or exchange, or otherwise dispose of within this State at retail cocaine and it's salts, eucaine and it's salts. opium and it's preparations, or the alkaloids of opium and their salts, except upon the prescription of le-. gally licensed physician, surgeon or dentist, and then only in quantity not exceeding five grains, such pre- prescription not to be refilled except upon the order of the physician, sur geon or dentist who gave the original prescription, provided, that the pro- visions of this section shall not apply to paregoric and other preparations of opium containing less than two grains of the drugs to the ounce In any quan- tity, and to laudanum in quantity not to exceed one ounce. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to restrict or prohibit the sale of any of the above named articles in original packages to