582  A.  Model  Prerequisite  Law,  { ADe'imbe^Sm' 
been  kept  in  mind  in  the  preparation  of  the  draught  which  is  hereby 
respectfully  submitted. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
that  Section  (of  the  act  regulating  the  Practice  of 
Pharmacy)  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 
Section  i.  In  order  to  be  licensed  as  a  pharmacist  within  the 
meaning  of  this  act  an  applicant  shall  be  not  less  than  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  and  shall  have  been  licensed  as  an  assistant  pharmacist 
for  not  less  than  two  years  prior  to  his  application  for  license  as  a 
pharmacist,  and  he  shall  present  to  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  satisfac- 
tory evidence  that  he  is  a  graduate  of  an  incorporated  school  or 
college  of  pharmacy  or  a  department  of  pharmacy  of  a  college  or 
university  which  shall  possess  a  satisfactory  equipment  for  giving 
instruction  in  the  art  and  science  of  pharmacy,  and  which  shall 
enforce  such  requirements  for  admission  and  graduation  as  shall  be 
satisfactory  to  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  that  he  has  had  four 
years'  experience  in  pharmacy  under  the  instruction  of  a  licensed 
pharmacist ;  and  he  shall  also  pass  a  satisfactory  examination  by  or 
under  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
Provided,  however,  that  the  actual  time  of  attendance  at  a  college 
of  pharmacy  or  department  of  pharmacy  of  a  college  or  university 
approved  by  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  shall  be  deducted  from  the 
time  of  experience  required,  but  in  no  case  shall  less  than  two 
years'  experience  be  required  for  registration  as  a  licensed  phar- 
macist. 
Sec.  2.  That  Sections  (of  the  act  regulating  the 
Practice  of  Pharmacy)  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 
Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after 
RESOLUTION  ADOPTED  BY  THE  AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  the  Section  on  Education  and 
Legislation  that  when  graduation  from  a  college  of  pharmacy  is 
made  a  prerequisite  to  registration,  boards  of  pharmacy  should 
require  from  such  colleges  as  are  recognized  as  reputable  the  enforce- 
ment of  a  requirement  for  entrance  to  such  colleges  a  preliminary 
general  education  which  at  least  shall  be  the  equivalent  of  the  first 
year  in  a  standard  high-school,  and  that  the  board  shall,  as  rapidly 
as  conditions  will  permit,  raise  the  requirement  to  that  of  graduation 
from  a  standard  high-school. 
