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ILLINOIS. 



AIT ACT to regulate the practice of pharmacy in the State of Illinois. 



SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the 

 General Assembly, That it shall not be lawful for any person, other than a registered 

 pharmacist, to retail, compound, or dispense drugs, medicines, or poisons, or to open 

 or conduct any pharmacy or store for retailing, compounding, or dispensing drugs, 

 medicines, or poisons, unless such person shall he, or shall employ and place in charge 

 of said pharmacy or store, a registered pharmacist, within the meaning of this act, 

 except as hereinafter provided. 



SEC. 2. Any person shall he entitled to be registered as a registered pharmacist, 

 within the meaning of this act, who shall be a licentiate in pharmacy, or shall furnish 

 satisfactory evidence to the State board of pharmacy that he has had five years' 

 practical experience in compounding drugs in a drug store or pharmacy where the 

 prescriptions of medical practitioners are compounded. The said board shall have the 

 right to refuse registration to applicants whose examination or credentials are not 

 satisfactory evidence of their competency. This provision shall also apply to the 

 registration of assistant pharmacists hereinafter mentioned. (As amended by act 

 approved June 4, 1889; in force July 1, 1889.) 



SEC. 3. Graduates in pharmacy must be such persons as have had four years' 

 practical experience in drug stores where the prescriptions of medical practitioners 

 are compounded, and have obtained a satisfactory diploma or credentials of their 

 attainments from a regularly incorporated college or school of pharmacy. 



SEC. 4. Licentiates in pharmacy must be persons not less than 18 years of age, 

 who have had three years' practical experience in compounding drugs in drug 

 stores where the prescriptions of medical practitioners are compounded, and have 

 passed a satisfactory examination before the State board of pharmacy hereinafter 

 mentioned. The said board may, in their discretion, grant certificates of registra- 

 tion to such persons as shall furnish, with their application, satisfactory proof that 

 they have been registered by examination in some other State : Provided, That such 

 other State shall require a degree of competency equal to that required of appli- 

 cants in this State. (As amended by act approved June 4, 1889; in force July 1, 

 1889.) 



SEC. 5. The governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint 

 five persons from among such competent pharmacists in the State as have had ten 

 years' practical experience in the dispensing of physicians' prescriptions, who shall 

 constitute the board of pharmacy. The persons so appointed shall hold their offices 

 for five years: Provided, That the term of office of the five first appointed shall be 

 so arranged that the term of one shall expire on the thirtieth day of December of 

 each year; and the vacancies so created, as well as all vacancies otherwise occur- 

 ring, shall be filled by the governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate : 

 And provided, also, That appointments made when the Senate is not in session, may 

 be confirmed at its next ensuing session. The Illinois pharmaceutical association 

 shall annually report directly to the governor, recommending the first year the 

 names of at least ten persons, whom said association shall deem best qualified to 

 serve as members of the board of pharmacy, and the names of at least three persons 

 each year thereafter, to fill any vacancies which shall occur in said board. 



SEC. 6. The said board shall, within thirty days after its appointment, meet and 

 organize by electing a president from among their members, and a secretary, who 

 shall not be a member of said board. The board shall also elect a treasurer who is 

 a member of the board. Said board shall prescribe the duties and compensation of 

 such treasurer, and shall require the said treasurer to give such bond as the said 

 board shall direct. The secretary shall pay over to the treasurer all moneys that 

 shall come into his hands as such secretary. It shall be the duty of the board to 

 examine all applications for registration submitted in proper form; to grant certifi- 

 cates of registration to such persons as may be entitled to the same under the pro- 



