540  Laws  and  Pharmaceutical  Licensure.       j  A™uJ°uusrt'  i92irm' 
by  rulings  of  the  Boards.  Illinois  and  Ohio  followed  with  prerequi- 
site laws  becoming  effective  July  i,  1917. 
"The  seventeen  States,  including  those  mentioned  above,  in  which 
prerequisite  legislation  has  been  enacted  up  to  January  1st  of  this 
year,  are  as  follows :  g 
New  York  Kentucky  Rhode  Island 
Pennsylvania  Maryland  South  Carolina 
Illinois  Minnesota  Virginia 
Ohio  New  Jersey  Washington 
Indiana  North  Dakota  Mississippi 
Iowa  Oklahoma 
"Oregon  has  a  requirement  for  one  year  college  work,  effective 
1 92 1,  and  graduation  effective  1922. 
"The  five  States  which  have  reported  that  prerequisite  legislation 
has  been  passed  so  far  this  year  are  West  Virginia,  by  ruling  of  the 
Board,  North  Carolina,  Kansas,  Nebraska  and  Texas.  Prerequisite 
legislation  is  pending  in  several  other  States  where  legislatures  are 
still  in  session.  Alabama,  Michigan,  Georgia,  and  a  number  of  other 
States  where  conditions  were  not  favorable  this  year  will  seek  pre- 
requisite legislation  in  1923." 
By  these  data,  it  will  be  seen  that  less  than  one-half  of  the 
States  of  the  Union  have  prerequisite  laws,  and  earnest  and  deter- 
mined steps  should  be  taken  by  the  pharmacists  of  every  State  not 
having  a  prerequisite  law  to  secure  the  enactment  of  such  legislation, 
not  only  for  the  good  of  American  Pharmacy,  but  what  is  more  im- 
portant, the  better  service  of  the  American  people. 
Almost  as  important  as  prerequisite  legislation,  is  the  matter  of 
reciprocity  in  pharmaceutical  licensure  and  on  this  question  Mr. 
Christensen  writes  me : 
"Reciprocity  in  pharmaceutical  licensure  is  in  force  between 
forty- three  States  and  the  District  of  Columbia — the  list  given  at 
the  bottom  of  this  page.1 
"The  procedure  for  reciprocity  is  by  agreement  between  the 
State  Boards  of  Pharmacy  of  the  various  States  using  this  office  as 
1  Active  member  States  between  which  reciprocity  is  in  force:  Alabama, 
Arizona,  Arkansas,  Colorado,  Connecticut,  Delaware,  District  of  Columbia, 
Florida,  Georgia,  Idaho,  Illinois,  Indiana,  Iowa,  Kansas,  Kentucky,  Louisiana, 
Maine,  Maryland,  Massachusetts,  Michigan,  Minnesota,  Mississippi,  Missouri, 
Montana,  Nebraska,  Nevada,  New  Hampshire,  'New  Mexico,  North  Carolina, 
North  Dakota,  Ohio,  Oklahoma,  Oregon,  Pennsylvania,  South  Carolina,  South 
Dakota,  Tennessee,  Texas,  Utah,  Vermont,  Virginia,  Washington,  West  Vir- 
ginia, Wisconsin. 
