The law relating to poisons and pharmacy : with notes and cases.

  • Jones, W. S. Glyn-
Date:
1909
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    Such corporate bodies, whether consisting of qualified persons or not, were in consequence of that decision free to sell and keep open shop for the retailing, dispensing, and compounding of poisons, and to use all or any of the titles reserved by the Pharmacy Acts to the use of registered chemists. Corporate bodies were liable to none of the penalties under the Pharmacy Acts except those imposed by section 17 of the 1868 Act for breach of the regula- tions provided by that section for the liability and recording of the sales of poisons. The Pharmaceutical Society made repeated un- successful attempts to remove this anomaly by legislation. The Poisons and Pharmacy Bill, 1908, was intro- duced by the Lord President in the main to give effect to the report of the Departmental Committee referred to, and as far as was practicable to apply to corporate bodies the provision of the Pharmacy Acts. In addition, opportunity was taken (a) to amend the provisions for modifying the schedule of poisons, (6) to require that branch chemists' shops shall be bond fide conducted by registered chemists, and (c) to extend the power of the Pharmaceutical Society to make bye-laws relating to the course of studies and the examinations to be undertaken by candidates for registration as pharmaceutical chemists or chemists and druggists. Section 1 replaces the schedule of poisons in the Pharmacy Act, 1868, by the schedule to this Act, and extends the power of the former Act, whereby sub- stances might be added to the schedule so as to