NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 481

SENATE BILL 557

 

 

AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LICENSING OF PHARMACISTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  The second paragraph of G.S. 90-61 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"In order to become licensed as a pharmacist within the meaning of this article, an applicant shall be not less than 21 years of age; he shall present to the Board of Pharmacy satisfactory evidence that he is a graduate of a duly accredited school or college of pharmacy and that he has had practical experience in pharmacy under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, which experience shall be approved by the Board of Pharmacy and shall not be required to exceed one year as may be determined by the Board of Pharmacy; and he shall also pass satisfactorily an examination of the Board of Pharmacy: Provided, that any person who has had two years of college training, and has been filling prescriptions in a drugstore or stores in North Carolina under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist for 15 years or longer, may take the examination as provided above."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of June, 1971.