NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 468

SENATE BILL 559

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF PHARMACY TO ISSUE LICENSES WITHOUT EXAMINATION TO PERSONS LICENSED AS PHARMACISTS BY BOARDS OF PHARMACY OF OTHER STATES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-64 is hereby amended by rewriting said section to read as follows:

"§ 90-64.  Pharmacist licensed by reciprocity. — The Board of Pharmacy may issue a temporary or probationary license to practice pharmacy in this State for a period of not less than one year, without examination, to any person who has been legally registered or licensed as a pharmacist by a board of pharmacy of another state, if the applicant shall present satisfactory evidence of the same qualifications as are required from licentiates in this State and that he was registered or licensed by examination by such other board of pharmacy, and that the standard of competence required by such other board of pharmacy is not lower than that required in this State; provided, that the Board, pursuant to regulations adopted by it, may issue a regular license as a pharmacist to an applicant who has practiced for one year in this State as a temporary or probationary pharmacist."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of June, 1971.