Official Rules of the Commissioners of Pharmacy

 

Tenth Biennial Report of the Commissioners of Pharmacy for the State of Iowa

 

The following rules have been adopted by the commission in accordance with the authority of code, section 2584, as amended by the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, 1898:

Rule 1. For the purpose of facilitating the enforcement of the pharmacy law, the state has been districted, and the counties assigned to each of the commissioners are as follows: To Commissioner N. T. Hendrix, Columbus Junction, Iowa.-Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Fremont, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Mills, Muscatine, Mahaska, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne. All complaints of violation of the pharmacy law should be referred to the commissioner in whose district they occur.

Rule 2. All examinations in pharmacy will be held in the office of the pharmacy commission, at the capitol building, in the city of Des Moines, on the first Tuesday of each month, excepting when such day occurs on a legal holiday or a day usually observed as a holiday, when such examinations will be held on the Thursday following.

Rule 3. All applications for examination shall be made upon blank forms which will be furnished by the secretary of the commission on request.

Rule 4. All applicants for examination must be 21 years of age, of good moral character, able to speak, read and write the English language, and possessed of sufficient general education. Such applicant must have pursued the study of pharmacy for two full years in actual apprenticeship with a registered pharmacist in a drug store, or must be a graduate of a recognized medical school, who has engaged for the three years last past in the actual and active practice of medicine. But the time actually spent in a recognized school of pharmacy, not exceeding one year, shall be allowed as a credit on above time. Applicants are required to correctly answer 75 percent of the questions submitted by the commission on examination.

Rule 5. Persons over 18 and under 21 years of age, possessing the other qualifications provided in rule 4, may be registered as assistant pharmacists and will receive certificates accordingly, and when the holder attains his majority, said certificate may be exchanged upon application for a certificate of full registration.

Rule 6. Graduates of pharmacy schools desiring registration will make application upon blanks to be furnished by the commission, accompanied by their diploma, and shall furnish such proof regarding the course of study pursued therein as may be required by the commission.

Rule 7. In all cases where registered pharmacists have two certificates of registration, the last certificate issued will supercede the former, and renewals will be required on the last one only.

Rule 8. Examinations shall be conducted in writing, and the applicant shall be allowed no assistance of any kind, verbal or oral, therein. Any applicant violating this rule and receiving aid in his examination may be summoned by the commissioners and required to submit to a new examination. Should the person so summoned refuse or neglect to obey the order of the commission, or should he appear from such second examination to be incompetent and not possessed of the requisite knowledge and skill, the commissioners will cancel his certificate and strke his name from the register. In a like manner they will cancel the certificates of all persons who have secured registry by fraud or false representation.

Rule 9. Whenever application is made to the commission to revoke certificates of registration for violation of any of the laws governing registered pharmacists, the prosecution shall present and file with the secretary of this board a duly certified transcript of the final judgment of conviction, identifying the guilty party by giving the number of his or her certificate of registration. Upon the filing of the application for revocation, with the transcript aforesaid, the commission shall fix a time for the hearing thereof, and shall cause written notice of said complaint to be served upon the accused at least ten days prior to the time fixed for such hearing. Said notice shall in general terms inform the accused of the nature of the charge against him, and of the time when and of the place where the same will be heard. The accused may, on or before the day set for the hearing, show cause why his certificate should not be revoked.

Rule 10. Licenses issued to itinerant vendors of drugs, nostrums, ointments, "or appliances of any kind for the treatment of disease or injury," by this commission, under the provisions of section 2594 of the code, can be transferred by the owner thereof sending the same to the secretary of the commission, who shall record the transfer and make the endorsement upon the license, and the tranferee shall be entitled to use the same for the unexpired portion of the term.

Rule 11. All pharmacists are forbidden to sell any bitters, cordials, elixirs, wines, etc., put up in the form of proprietary medicines, where the same can be used as an intoxicant, unless the pharmacist holds a permit authorizing him to sell intoxicating liquor, by requiring the purchaser to apply in writing therefor upon the regular form.

Rule 12. With this official circular will be found the following official forms: A-Notice of application for permit. B-Petition for permit. C-Bond. D-Permits to buy, keep and sell intoxicating liquors. E-Request of purchasers. Series A and B. F-Permit holders' record of purchases, sales and uses. G-Permit holders' bi-monthly statement to the county auditor of purchases, sales and uses. H-Permit holders' bi-monthly report and affidavit of request. These forms have been adopted by the commission, and all pharmacists holding permits to buy, keep and sell intoxicating liquors are required to use forms E, F, G and H.

Rule 13. These rules shall be in force and effect ten days after the date of their publication in the official circular of the commissions of pharmacy, and when they take effect all previous rules adopted by the commission shall be superceded.

Fletcher Howard, N. T. Hendrix, W. L. Leland, Commissioners