MARYLAND BOARD OF PHARMACY

President: Alexander J. Ogrinz, Jr., 1965

S. Earl Webster, 1962; Norman J. Levin, 1963; Arthur C.
Harbaugh, 1966.
F. S. Balassone, Secretary-Treasurer, 1964

301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore I Telephone: 837-9000

The Board of Pharmacy, created by Chapter 179, Acts of 1902,
consists of five members appointed annually by the Governor for five-
year terms, from a list supplied by the Maryland Pharmaceutical
Association. Two members must be residents of Baltimore City; two,
residents of the counties of the State; and one, resident anywhere
within the State. The Board licenses pharmacists by examination and
reciprocity and issues permits for the opperation of retail pharmacies
and for the manufacture of drugs, medicines, toilet articles, denti-
frices, and cosmetics. In cooperation with the State Department of
Health, the Board enforces the pharmacy and drug laws of the
State. The Board also licenses jobbers, distributors, and wholesalers
or manufacturers of dangerous (prescription) drugs.

The members of the Board and duly authorized agents of the De-
partment of Health inspect all pharmacies or other places where
prescriptions, medicines, drugs, drug products, or domestic reme-
dies are compounded or sold, and inspects prescriptions, medicines,
drugs, drug products, or domestic remedies exposed for sale. Drug-
gists and pharmacists are required to keep in their places of busi-
ness a suitable book or file in which to preserve for a period of not
less than five years every prescription compounded or dispensed
(Code 1957, Art. 43, sees. 255, 257-263, 266, 268-69; Art. 27, sec. 270A).

Appropriations 1961 1962

Special Funds... ........ . ..... ....................... $7,590 $8,140
Staff: 1.

THE STATE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF PRACTICAL PLUMBING

Chairman: John F. Teves, 1963

George L. Hamer, 1963; Paul G. Logue, Jr., 1963;
Thomas E. Pierson, 1963; Vacancy, 1963.

301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore I Telephone: 837-9000

The first board for the examining and licensing of plumbers in
Maryland was established by Chapter 439, Acts of 1886 with juris-
diction limited to Baltimore City. The General Assembly established
the present Commission by Chapter 436, sec. 186, Acts of 191O. Its
Jurisdiction includes all of the State, excepting Washington County.
The Board is composed of five members appointed by the Governor
for two-year terms. One member must be from Western Maryland,
one from Southern Maryland, one from the Eastern Shore, and two
from Baltimore. The Commission examines and certifies journeyman
and master plumbers. Master plumbers must have held journeyman
certificates for at least two years prior to applying for a master's
certificate. All certificates must be renewed annually. Appeals from
the results of examinations may be taken to a board of arbiters, com-
posed of one member appointed by the appellant, one by the Com-
mission, and a third by the other two members of the arbitration
board. All members of the Board must be certified plumbers within
the State (Code 1957, Art. 43, sees. 326-38).