The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-09
DRUG STORE INSPECTION.
Is Showing Conditions Which Are Al.
ways the Best.

ways the Best.
Secretary D. F. Davis Of the state
board Of pharmacy, in an interview, gives
the work Of his board in relation TO the
inspection Of drug stores throughout
Vermont, in the following.
An editorial in the Barre Daily Times
Of August 9th, an appeal Is made to the
health officers throughout the state 60
take the public into their confidence in
regard TO the conditions as they find
them and through publicity, obtain the
cooperation Of the public, in the sup
preston Of disease This is good advice
and what is applicable to the state
board Of health is applicable to other
state officers, whose duty is to the pub.
lie whom they serve. At the present
time the state pharmacy board is max
ing an inspection Of the stores through
out the state where drugs, family med
icines and poisons are sold. For the
convenience Of the public, these are al
lowed to be sold by unlicensed pharma-
eists in stores other than drug stores,
under certain restrictions. It is the
continued violation Of these restrictions
that has made this thorough investiga.
ton necessary These laws were passed
for public protection and II complied
with are a safeguard TO public health.
Sections 54o5 5A00 54s5 Of the public
statutes Of Vermont read a. follows;
"Sec. 5405 Non.licensed person not
to act as pharmacist. 4 person not
licensed as pharmacist shall not prac-
tiee pharmacy, display a sign, emblem
or device indicating that his place Of
business is used a. a pnarmacy, drug o.
chemical store, apothecary shop or place
for the retailing, compromising or dis
pcnsing Of drugs, chemicals or poisons,
or for the compromising Of physicians
prescriptions, nor expose for sale at
retail drugs, chemicals or poisons, an.
less such place Of business is conducted,
managed Or controlled BY duly licensed
pharmacist.
"See. 54O6. Practice Of pharmacy
construed; application Of chapter The
words practice Of pharmacy, as used in
this chapter, shall be construed to mean
the compromising Of physicians prescrip
tions and the preparation Of ingredients
therefor But this chapter shall not
apply to the business Of licensed prac-
titiouer Of medicine, nor prevent such
practitioner from supplying his patients
with medicines; nor to persons who sell
medicines or poisons at wholesale onlyi
nor to the manufacture or sale Of patent
Of proprietary medicines; nor to the
sale, other than on prescription, OF
drugs, medicines and poisons; nor to
the sale Of insecticides Or any substances
for use IN the arts, nor shall this chap
ter prohibit the employment in a phar-
macy Of apprentices Of pharmacy but
such apprentices or assistants shall not
prepare or dispense physicians prescrip-
tons nor sell or furnish poisons, except
in the preenee and under the personal
supervision Of a licensed pharmacist.
Section 54s5. A person other than
registered pharmacist or physician,
who sells OF keeps for sale arsenic, cor
rosive sublimate, chloroform, aconite,
stlychninc. morphine, opium, cocaine, en-
cain, heroin, carbolic acid, prussic acid,
paregoric, ehloral nydrate, belladonna,
cyanide potassium, digitalis, nux vom-
lea or any salts, solutions, extracts or
tinctures Of such drugs, shall keep and
offer them for sale only in original and
sealed packages or bottles which shall
have been prepared by registered Pbar-
macist or manufacturing chemist, and
under label on which snail be plainly
printed the name and nature Of the drug
therein contained, the proper antidote
to be given when taken in dangerous
or poisonous quantities and the name
Of the pharmacist, manufacturing chem
list or wholesale mouse that prepared OF
put Up the same, with the name Of the
place where it was manufactured or
prepared for sale. Whoever sells any
Of the drugs mentioned in this section
shall have affixed to the bottle, box or
wrapper containing toe article sold
label Of white paper upon which shall
be printed in red letters the name and
place Of business Of the vendor, and the
words POISON and 'ANTID0TE,' and
the label shall also contain the name Of
an antidote. if any. for the poison sold