Health - Historical Notes

The following summaries are included herein for reference purposes.

1. Private Acts of 1915, Chapter 590, authorized persons who had been assistant pharmacists for not less than ten consecutive years to conduct the business of druggists in Pickett County, without the need of taking the examination usually required before the issuance of a pharmacist's license. This act was amended by Private Acts of 1917, Chapter 517, to make it applicable to persons who had served as a regular clerk under a registered pharmacist rather than to assistant pharmacists.
2. Private Acts of 1921, Chapter 881, authorized persons who had been assistant pharmacists for not less than ten consecutive years to conduct the business of druggists in Pickett County. The individual would be required to obtain a license as a registered pharmacist, but an examination would not be required.