NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 482

SENATE BILL 558

 

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE BOARD OF PHARMACY TO ISSUE PHARMACIST INTERN LICENSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby added to Article 4 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes a new section to be designated as G.S. 90-61.1 and to be inserted following G.S. 90-61 and before G.S. 90-62, said new section to read as follows:

"§ 90-61.1.  Pharmacist intern license. — The Board of Pharmacy may license pharmacist interns with the period of such license not to exceed two years. To be licensed as a pharmacist intern, an applicant shall be not less than 20 years of age, shall present to the Board of Pharmacy satisfactory evidence that he is a graduate of a duly accredited school or college of pharmacy, shall have had at least three months of practical experience in pharmacy under the instruction of a licensed pharmacist, which experience shall be approved by the Board of Pharmacy, and shall pass a satisfactory examination by the Board of Pharmacy. A licensed pharmacist intern shall be entitled to the same practice privileges and responsibilities as an assistant registered pharmacist pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes except that a licensed pharmacist intern may not supervise the rendering of pharmaceutical services by an unlicensed person as provided in G.S. 90-71 or manage a pharmacy as provided in G.S. 90-73."

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.