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ARKANSAS. 



THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY LAW. 



A BILL for an act to be entitled an act to establish the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, and to 

 prescribe the powers and duties of said board, and to regulate the compounding and vending of med- 

 icines, drugs, and poisons in the State of Arkansas, and to provide a penalty for the infringement 

 of the act. 



PREAMBLE. 



Whereas in all civilized countries it has been found necessary to regulate the 

 traffic in medicines and poisons, and to provide by law for the regulation of the del- 

 icate and responsible business of compounding and dispensing the powerful agents 

 used in medicines ; and 



Whereas the safety and welfare of the public are endangered by the sale of poisons 

 by unqualified and ignorant persons ; and 



Whereas the power of physicians to overcome disease depends greatly upon their 

 ability to procure good, unadulterated drugs and skillfully prepared medicines; and 



Whereas the sophistication and adulteration of drugs and medicines is a specious 

 fraud which should be prevented and suitably punished : Therefore, 



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas : SEC. 1. That from 

 and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person not a registered 

 pharmacist, within the meaning of this act, to conduct any drug store, pharmacy or 

 apothecary shop, or store for the purpose of retailing, compounding, or dispensing 

 medicines in any city or incorporated town in the State of Arkansas, except as here- 

 inafter provided, and that it shall be unlawful for the proprietor of such store or 

 pharmacy to allow any person other than a registered pharmacist to compound or 

 dispense the prescriptions of physicians, except as an aid to and under the supervi- 

 sion of a registered pharmacist. Any person violating the provisions of this section 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable 

 to a fine of not less than five or more than one hundred dollars. 



SEC. 2. That within sixty days after the passage of this act the governor shall 

 appoint five experienced pharmacists, who shall have .been actively engaged in the 

 drug business for the last five years immediately preceding their appointment, who 

 shall constitute the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, one of whom shall hold his 

 office for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one 

 for five years, and each until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified, 

 which terms shall be decided by lot at the time of organization. And annually there 

 after the governor shall appoint one member of said board, with qualifications as 

 above set forth, who shall hold his office for five years and until his successor is 

 appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy from death or other cause, the gov- 

 ernor shall appoint a successor, with qualifications as above set forth. 



SEC. 3. That before entering upon the duties of said office, the members of the 

 said board shall take the oath prescribed by the constitution of the State for State 

 officers, and shall file the same in the office of the secretary of State, who shall 

 thereupon issue to each of the said examiners a certificate of appointment. 



SEC. 4. That immediately after the appointment and qualification of the board 

 they shall meet and organize as a State board of pharmacy by electing from their 

 own number a president and secretary. The board may adopt such by-laws, rules, 

 and regulations as they may deem necessary to carry into execution the provisions 

 of this act without expense to the State. A majority of the board shall be a quorum 

 for the transaction of any business. 



SEC. 5. The board of pharmacy shall hold not less than two stated regular meet- 

 ings per annum for the examination of candidates, one of which may be held at the 

 time and place of the annual meeting of the Arkansas Association of Pharmacists, 

 and the other meeting shall be held at such time and place as the board may deter- 

 mine. Other meetings of the board may also be held whenever and wherever a 



