NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



The State board of health is charged with the enforcement of the 

 law relating to the adulteration of drugs and medicines, and has 

 recently undertaken to a limited extent the examination of these 

 products. 



REGISTERED PHARMACISTS. 



I. Conduct of <lru(/ xlorcs. No person shall conduct or keep a shop of any 

 kind in this state for the purpose of retailing drills, medicines, or such chem- 

 icals as are used in compounding medicines, or engage in the business of com- 

 pounding and putting up proscriptions of physicians and soiling medicines, 

 either as proprietor, agent, or assistant, without lirst having obtained a certifi- 

 cate from the commissioners appointed under the provisions of this chapter; 

 bnt it shall be lawful for any person to sell proprietary medicines, or be an 

 owner in the stock in trade in any druggist or apothecary's shop, if he takes no 

 part in conducting or keeping the shop. (Ltiirn /.s'7.7, />. '/ '/.!. ) 



5. "lfc</ixierc<l (/.s-x/.v /</>// " not ciiliUctl to >iitiini</;' store. They ( i. e., "iho 

 commission of pharmacy and practical chemistry") shall examine all applicants 

 over eighteen years of age who have served two years under a registered phar- 

 macist, and grant to such as pass satisfactory minor examinations a certificate 

 as " registered assistant." Snch certilicate shall not. entitle the holder to act as 

 manager of a drug store or pharmacy. (Lturx /<s',s'.'/, />. ,S'.J.) 



10. rciHiltif. If any person shall engage in the business of retailing and vend- 

 ing, directly or indirectly, drugs, medicines, and chemicals, and in dispensing 

 medicine and compounding physicians' prescriptions, without being registered 

 as provided by this chapter or the law heretofore in force, he shall be punished 

 by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for each week he shall continue the business 

 without being so registered. (Lmr*, /,S?.T, />. -//'/*) 



II. /'////x />/</ //x mail <H*i)ciiNe their oirn lirescrifttionx. The provisions of this 

 chapter shall not he so construed as to apply to physicians compounding and 

 putting ui> their own prescriptions. (Luirx /.s'7-7, />. 'I'fi.) 



Public Statutes and Session Laws, 11)01, p. 481-433. 



12. Commissioners cliarc/ed iritJi enforcement <>f forei/oiin/ section*. It shall 

 be the duty of the commissioners to enforce the provisions of this chapter. For 

 actual services and necessary expenses in the performance of this duty, they 

 shall be paid from the state treasury such sums as the governor and council may 

 determine and approve. 



Laws 1901, p. 540. 



SALE OF POISONS. 



13. Record. Every apothecary, druggist, or other person who sells any 

 arsenic, corrosive sublimate, mix vomica, strychnine, or prussic acid, shall make 

 a record of such sale in a book kept for that purpose, specifying the kind and 



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