HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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unnecessary in light of the more extensive
requirement that an applicant be a graduate of an
approved or accredited school or college of
pharmacy.

As to subsection (d)(2) of this section, the
present references to the requirement of "four
years of actual drugstore experience" and the
deduction from that requirement of "not more than
three years ... for the actual time of attendance
at a reputable school or college of pharmacy or
an internship program" no longer conform with the
general scheme of the educational requirements
imposed on an applicant and, therefore, are
deleted as obsolete. This deletion is called to
the attention of the General Assembly.

Present Art. 43, § 260, which provides an
exemption for certain individuals who were
qualified in 1902, is deleted as obsolete, since
there is no longer anyone to whom the provision
applies.

The provision of present Art. 43, § 261(b) that
prohibits discrimination against an applicant who
"took his course of studies at a night school or
college" is deleted as unnecessary in light of
the requirement in subsection (d) of this section
that the institution need only be approved or
accredited and the provision of § 12-306 of this
subtitle that the Board "shall" issue a license
to an applicant who meets the requirements of
this title.

The balance of present Art. 43, § 261(b), which
concerns rights that have been conferred by law
on "any person now registered as {as} assistant
pharmacist", is deleted as obsolete. There are
no longer any individuals to whom this
transitional provision might apply.

Present Art. 43, § 261(c), which requires a
student of pharmacy to file an "application for
registration" together with a $1 fee, to submit
statements of "actual drugstore experience"
acquired during vacation months, and to submit
statements of internship experience acquired in
preceding years, is deleted as obsolete. These
provisions apparently are anachronisms that
relate to an era when undergraduate experience in
a "drugstore" was a part of a pharmacy student's
education and when it was assumed that a pharmacy
student in this State was almost certain to
practice in this State. In any event, the
requirements of § 261(c) no longer serve any
practical purpose for the Board.