OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonorabla n. 8. Coualw, Boorotary
Toxar Slate Boerd cf Phumaop
Inoumnoo Building
LkllU8, Texas
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3-t PI rol3ou8t
in addition to the tla.4 rupuind to graduate
from aohool or oollaga of phannaoy, clnd lrolu-
sir4 o? the portion 0r tha year lp nt in ltt4 nd-
6no4 et echo01 or co?lspz, shnll hrre had at Iccist
on4 of pmctlcal sx~wlanoe
year in rstall phtw-
~laop under the direct 8~psr~f810n of a regirtcred
plxmno:zt, whtoh oxpnrlence shall be prlnclp4lly
work dlreotly reletad tc eelllng d-rug a::d ~oln~nts,
otniipoual~lg cf phamaaeutlcal prcpuretlons end
ghyeiolannr prcscriptlons, and kcaplr;(J cf rccordo
nna xklnfl rcporte mqArod u&or the Z.tatc ma
Federal 8tatutcc; knd to obtain a lfoensa shill
~555 a tJ3orcrtloal and praatloul ex~lnatlon mtle-
faotory tc ttia 3mrd of Fhcrrooy . . .”
Tour que8tlon lr whathal or not mm over the age
oi nlnsteen ad under tmmty-one v&ooe dlaabli~tle5 of E:lnorlty
hate lb&aily heon rsmovud in eooor@ccc4 with 2s );rcvi4lons of
Art10108 5921-?5923,,R4rls4d Civil Ctritute8, 1925, my tak4
4xamirmtion for rsgistratlon a5 a licensed pharmol8t not-
rlthotund$ngth4 r4‘equfrxnent ttft an applloant bs not 1444
than tmnty-ono year0 of ace.
A lluila r queatlon wa8 before thle do&nrtmrt wh4n
w4 ha& for ooiteider5tica Opinion Wo. O-1389. It CpDOSr4d
that S4otlon 14 of GeUteto Bill Ho. 15, oh. 460, i&am 44th
L4g. 2nd c. o., p. 1905, provided that "it shell hs unlawful
for cuy pea-non rho 1s unaor th4 4g4 of twenty-one y4ar5 to
drlv4 a 5wtor v4hiol.r rhll4 In ~184 a8 a aohool bu8 ior th4
transportation of pup118 to and from rchool . . . a Thor4
w hold that th4 Xsglslcture lntondcd 8uoh lot a8 5 rar4ty
maasurb for ohlldr4n rldlng school SIMCS~ that Artic345 StZl-
5923, w(Iro maotea for the pux7ose of enabling a minor to
transoot hla own bwin485 and mak8 vclld contrarota. V4
polnt4a out thut prov~alonn for the r5novrtl of a alaor*
dimablUtler w4r4 not lntondvd to srfa~ot m45our45 enaotca
by the Legislature for th4 pub110 saroty.
For preol0sly the 211cI4ma&on W4 au5t IiOldand
you ara n8p~otfully advlmd thut the proosdum set forth
la utiolor f592149t3, ~?rovlCiy tot the moval of a
mlnor'o tllsabllltle8 wa8 not lntandsd to supplant suoh r4-
:ionorsble “:. Ii. Gcuolna, patqe 3
1
~ulrenonte ma in Ax-tic10 45420, Vermn’s huotated Civil
ztntutos, thet an c!rpliotint rcr llca:~se as. a rofilstered
phemaciat bo mt lasa t%n twonty-one yc~r~i of age. The
mnlie8t purpooe or tte LeglBlature 13 pusblng tho ,,ot re-
gulatingttc practice of phemeoy in thla atiito was to go-
teat the pbllo health. Taxue ?Iiancaoautloal .uo'n Y.
Dcohy (C. ,'. A. 1036) 90 E. P;. (ZC) 32fL In the interest
Of pub110 8afcty it FlWVlded that a~plloo:lta be not leas
than twenty-one year8 of we. That roqulremnt 1s not mt
by minors although their disabilities of minority have been
renotsd.
li~oordingly, you are adrisld t&t applicanta for
lloensa aa.rogl~tcmd pharaaoiat under the aa* or twcnty-
one should not be ps=ltted by the Texas &rd of ?hurmcy
to take sxar?lnatloh &though thm disabilities of Elnorlty
of such f3ppliCiClt6 hZvr been rercoved.
BY%QUi?~q
Walter 33. Koah
Ussletant
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