116 MARYLAND MANUAL
The paramount duty of the Dental Board, as provided by the Den-
tal Practice Act of this State, is to regulate the practice of Dentistry
in Maryland by testing the qualifications of candidates.
It requires that all applicants for license shall be 21 years of age
and shall be graduates of dental colleges duly incorporated to grant
degrees in Dental Surgery by the laws of one of the United States
or Canada.
Two annual examinations are held..lasting three days each..
one being in the spring, the other in the fall. Bach applicant for
examination files with the Secretary of the Board a sworn state-
ment setting forth his age, name and address, college or graduation,
etc., together with the examination fee of twenty dollars.
The examinations are both theoretical (written) and practical.
STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
Address Secretary, 2411 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md
Name Postoffice Term Expires
Lloyd N. Richardson, President. .Bel Air .................... 1943
L. M. Kantner, Secy.-Treas.. .... .Baltimore ................. .1944
Dr. T. Ellsworth Ragland. ...... .Baltimore .................. .1945
Harry R. Rudy. ................ .Hagerstown ................ 1941
L. V. Johnson ...................St. Michaels................ 1942
The Governor appoints five, one annually, for a term of five years.
Two shall be residents of Baltimore City and three residents of the
counties. (Ch. 179,1902.)
This Board is for the purpose of examining all candidates that
might present themselves for an examination as Pharmacists.
The Board keeps a record of all registered Pharmacists and reg-
istered Assistant Pharmacists of Maryland.
The members of the State Board of Pharmacy and the duly author-
ized agents and employees of the State Department of Health, have
the power to inspect in a lawful manner every prescription compounded
or dispensed at any pharmacy or drug store and/or medicines, drugs,
drug products or domestic remedies and to fully inspect any pharmacy
or other place where medicines or drugs, drug products or domestic
remedies are compounded or exposed for sale. Druggists and pharm-
acists are required to keep in their places of business a suitable book
or file in which shall be preserved for a period of not less than five
years every prescription compounded or dispensed at said drug store
or pharmacy.
The Poisons Law confers many powers and duties upon the Board.
Under the Pharmacy Act, the Board is authorized to issue permits
to pharmacies and to manufacturers of drugs, medicines, toilet arti-
cles, dentifrices, and cosmetics. The Board is required to prescribe
the technical and scientific apparatus and equipment which a drug
store must possess. Wide powers of inspection and regulation are
vested in the Board.
Any information pertaining to pharmacy in Maryland should be
addressed to the Secretary of the Board, who can supply a copy of
any pharmacy law of Maryland.
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