Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
CHAPTER SSH. r. No. 1857
A BILL

FOR AN ACT providing Tor the
regulation of tho practice OF
pharmacy; regulating the sale Of
drugs, medicines, chemicals and
poisons; providing for q state
board Of pharmacy and defining
its powers and duties; setting
forth tho requirements for regis
tration and licensing Of pharma-
cists, pharmacies, and other
places; definitions and penalties
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of
the State OF Minnesota:
Section l. AS used In this Act
(a) The term pharmacy" shall
mean a drug store or other estab.
lished place regularly registered by
the State Board OF Pharmacy, In
which prescriptions, drugs, medi-
cines. chemicals and poisons are
compounded, dispensed, vended OF
sold at retail.
CD The term pharmacist" shall
mean a natural person licensed BY
the State Board OF Pharmacy tc
prepare, compound, dispense anc
sell drugs. medicines, chemicals, an6
poisons.
(c) The term assistant pharmac-
list" shall mean a natural person
licensed as such by the State Board
OF Pharmacy prior to January LIST
1880, to prepare, compound, dispense
and sell drugs, medicines, chemicals
and poisons In pharmacy having
a pharmacist In charge.
Cd The term drug" shall mean
all medicinal substances and pre-
parations recognized by the United
States Pharmacopeia and National
Formulary or any revision thereof
and all substances and prepare
lions intended for external and In
ternal use In tho cure, mitigation
treatment OF prevention OF disease
In man and other animal. and all
substances and preparations, other
than food, intended to affect the
structure or any function Of the
body Of man or other animal
(e) The term medicine" shall
mean any remedial agent that has
the property Of curing, preventing
treating or mitigating diseases, OF
that Is used for that purpose.
CD "Poions" shall mean any
substance, which when introduced
into the system, either directly or
by absorption, produces violent,
morbid or fatal changes or which
destroys living tissue with which 1t
comes in contact.
(g) Chemical" means all medi-
cinal or industrial substances
whether simple or compound or
obtained through the process Of the
science and art OF chemistry
whether Of organic or inorganic
origin.
(h The term board" or state
Board Of Pharmacy" shall mean
the Minnesota State Board Of
Pharmacy.
Cd The term Secretary" SHAH
mean the secretary Of the Mime
sofa State Board OF Pharmacy.
Cd The word person" shall be
construed to include every individ-
ual, copartnership, corpora ton or
association, unless the context 9TH
erwise requires.
(k) Masculine words shall IN
clude the feminine and neuter and
the singular includes the plural.
Cd The term wholesale" shall
mean and include any sale for the
purpose Of. resale.
(m) The phrase Commercial DIP
poses" shall mean the ordinary pur-
poses OF trade, agriculture, indus
try and commerce, exclusive of the
practices of medicine and pharmacy,
Section 2. The Minnesota State
Board OF Pharmacy shall consist
OF flve pharmacists actively engaged
in the practice Of pharmacy in this
State, each Of whom shall have
had at least five consecutive years
OF practical experience as a pharma-
clst Immediately preceding his ap-
pointment.
Section 8. The members Of the
board shall be appointed by the
governor, one in each year, each to
serve for term OF five wears and
until his successor shall have been
appointed and qualified. Vacancies
shall be filled by the appointment
for the unexpired term. Any mem
Der OF the board who, during his
mcumbency, ceases to be actively
In the practice Of phar-
macy in this State, shall be auto
disqualified from men,
bership. Any member may be re-
moved from office by the governor
upon proof Of malfeasance or mis-
feasance In office. The members of
the Minnesota State Board of
Pharmacy heretofore appointed and
now holding office shall continue
until their respective terms expire.
Section 4. The Minnesota State
Pharmaceutical Association shall
recommend five names for each ap-
pointment to be made, from which
list tho governor may select,
Section 8. Tho board shan IN.
nua1y elect one Of its members a
president and ono Of its members
as vice-president. and a pharma-
cist, who may or may not be 4
as secretary.
Section 8. The State Board OF
Pharmacy shall have the power.
and 1t shall be its duty:
(a) To regulate the practice of
Pharmacy.
CD To regulate the sale Of drugs,
chemicals and poisons.
(c) To regulate the quality Of all
drugs and medicines dispensed In
this State, using the United States
Pharmacopeia and the National
Formulary, or any revisions there
Of, as the standard.
(O 1t may, by its duly authorized
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