The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16

> 0<u4r oiopo6itton or drugs meuicihes
 or poisons in this State. and to pro
 vide for the creation of Board oi Pharmacy for service in connection
 with such sale. giving. away. or otheI $ disposition- Be 1t enacted by the Leg islature of Alabama.
 Section 1. That from and after the passage of this Act, 1t shall be unlaw' fu1 for any person not licensed as a ! pharmacist within the meaning of this Act to conduct or manage any phar- macy, drug store. apothecary shor. or other place of business for the retail l. iug. compounding or dispensing of any 4ruGs. medicines. or poisons, or for the compounding of physicians' prescrip' tions or te keep exposed for sale or re- tall any Arugs, medicines. or poisons except aa hereinafter provided. or for ! eny person not licensed as pharmacist or assistant pharmacist. within the 1neantng ef this Act, to compound. dis uonse. or sell at retail any drug, poi eon, or medicinal preparation upon the proscrfption of a physician or other WtSe. or to compound physicians pre- ecription1 except as an aid to or under l enc Supervision of a person licensed as shall be unlawful for any owner or manager of pharmacy or drug store. or other place of business. to cause or permit any other than a person licens- cd as a pharmacist or assistant char. macist, 0 compound. dispense. or sell at retail any drug. medicine. or poi son, except as an aid to or under the supervision of person licensed as . pharmacist or assistant pharmacist Provided. however. that nothing in this section shall be construed to Interfere with any legally licensed practitioner of medicine. veterinary surgery or dentistry, in the compounding or dis pensing of his own prescriptions. nor with the exclusively wholsale business Of any dealer who shall be licensed as a pharmacist. or who shall keep in his employ at least one person who is licensed as pharmacist; nor with the sale of poisonous substances which are sold exclusively for use in the arts. or for use as insecticides, when such suhs stances are sold in unbroken packages, benring a label having plainly printed upon 1t the name of the contents, the word poison" and the name of at least two readily obtainable antidoteE Provided. further. that in village of not more than eight hundred inhabi- <ants. according to last census taken and authorized by an Act of the Con- xress of the United States. or in towns where there is no person licensed as . pharmacist. the Board of Pharmacy Hereinafter provided for may grant te any person who is licensed as assistant pharmacist. permit annually to- con- duet a pharmacy or drug store in such town or village, which permit shall not be valid in any other than the place designated in said permit. Provided. however. that nothing in this Section Hhalf be so construed as to apply to shs sale of patent and proprietary medicines, and any locality where there is no licensed pharmacist or assistant pharmacist the ordinary household re- medies and such drugs or medicines az may be specified by said Board ot Pharmacy shall be permitted to be sold by those engaged in the sale of gen. aral merchandise. Provided. further. that nothing in this Section shall bo so construed as to prevent any person, firm or corporation from owning pharmacy, drug store, or apothecary shop, provided such store shall be in charge of a licensed pharmacist. And Provided. further. that said Board of Pharmacy may grant to any legally licensed practicing physician in such fownss or villages an annual permit to conduct . pharmacy. drug store. or apothecary shop in such, town or vil- Iage. subject to the provision of this Act
 sec. 2. Every person now register ed or licensed as pharmacist under the laws of the State of Alabama, shall be entitled to continue in the practice of his profession until the 31st day of December. 1910, and after that date shall be entitled to renewal annually of such license under the provisions of this Act. upon the presentation of an application for such renewal. But any pharmacist, or licensed physician tn- stead of applying for renewal of his license or permit for one year. may. as his option, apply for and if propaf. receive c license or permit to cover the term of his natural life, upon pay ment of ten dollars. Every person whS shall hereafter desire to be licensed as a pharmacist or assistant pharmacist shall file with the secretary of said Board of Pharmacy an application duly verified under oath, setting forth the name and age of the applicant, the place or places at which and the tlne spent in the study of the science and art of pharmacy. and the experience in the compromising of physicians pre- scriptions which the applicant has had under the direction of a legally licens- cd pharmacist. and shall appear at a time and place designated by said Board of Pharmacy and submit to an examination as to his qualifications for registration as a licensed pharmacist or assistant pharmacist.
 Sec. 3. In order to be licensed as a pharmacist within the meaning of
 
 than twenty-one years of age, and shall have been licensed as an assis- tant pharmacist for not less than two years prior to his application for license as a pharmacist, or shall pres sent to said Board of Pharmacy satis- factory evidence that he has had not less than four years practical experi- ence in a pharmacy, under the instruc- tion of licensed pharmacist or two years practical experience as above provided and shall have graduated in pharmacy at some school or college of pharmacy recognized by said Board of Pharmacy, and also passed a satisfact- ory examination by or under the direc- ton of said Board of Pharmacy. In order to be licensed as an assistant pharInacist within the meaning of this Act. an applicant shall be not less than eighteen years of age. and shall have not less than two years experience in pharmacy under the instruction of a licensed pharmacist and shall pass a satisfactory examination by or under said Board of Pharmacy who shall be the sole judges of his qualifications and 'srompetency.
 Sec. {. Should said Board of Phar- macy determine that the applicant pes sesSes the necessary qualifications as to character and education, they shall enroll his name upon the register of pharmacists. or assistant pharmacists as the case may be and issue to him a license which shall entitle him to prae- 4ice as a pharmacist or assistant phar- macist for a period of one year from the date of said license. WheAever a lie ense or permit has been granted un- der the provisions of this Act, said .A