Bill 91 (Legislature 13, Session 3)

L13 S3 6327

Alberta — Bills

No.9l 3rd Session, 13th Legislature, Alberta 5 Elizabeth II, 1957 BILL 91 A Bill to amend The Alberta Pharmaceutical Association Act HON. MR. HOOKE EDMONTON,ALBERTA Prl.ted by A. SHNITKA, Printer to the Queen's 1\{ost Excellent lIajesty, 1'67

Explanatory Note

Section 2 clause (

d) reads as follows: "2. In this Act "(d) "dru<>' store" or "phanllacy" nleans a place where prescriptions, drug~, chemicals and poisons are sold by retail or compounded.". Some establishments confine themselves exclusively to dispen sing prescriptions. The word "dispensary" is used elsewhere in the Act but was not previously defined.

Section 5 states the requirements for eligibility for the gov erning council. Subsection (4) presently reads: "( 4) The term of office of a councillor is two years, but the office of councillor shall be vacated if the councillor "(

a) by notice in writing to the president or registrar of the Associ ation resigns his office, "(

b) ceases to reside in the district of the Province that he was elected to represent, "(

c) ceases to be actively engaged in practising his profession of pharmacy, "(

d) ceases to be a member of the Association, or "(

e) dies, or is found to be a lunatic or becomes of unsound mind.". This amendment would permit a councillor to retain his office when he moves to another part of the Province. 4. This new

section will permit qualified pharmacists in the Armed Forces to practise while in Alberta.

BILL No. 91 of 1957

An Act to amend The Alberta Pharmaceutical Association Act (Assented to , 1957) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Albe'i'ta Pharmaceutical Association Act, being

chapter 232 of the Revjsed Statutes of Alberta, 1955, is hereby amended.

Section 2, clause (

d) is amended by adding immedi ately after the word "pharmacy" the words "or "dispen sary" ". ,3.

Section 5, subsection (4) is anlended by striking out clause (b). 4. The following new

section is added immediately after

section 29: "29a.

(1) The registrar shall register for a period not exceeding twelve months a candidate who " (

a) applies in person, " (

b) produces evidence satisfactory to the registrar "(

i) that he is a member of the Canadian Forces on full-time service, "(ii) that his duties in the Canadian Forces require him to be registered as a pharmaceutical chemist in Alberta, "(iii) that he meets the requirements of clause (

d) of

section 29,

2 5. Subsections (2) and (3) presently read as follows: "

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), nothing contained in this

section prevents any person selling poisons, drugs or medicine at any point in the Province more than fifteen miles from the nearest place of business operated by a member of the Association, and all other provisions of this Act in regard to the sale of poisons apply to any sale by any such person. "

(3) A person wlJ.o is not registered under this Act and the holder of a valid and subsisting certificate of registration shall not dispense any prescription, recipe or formula or compound any drugs or medi cines unless the dispensary, pharmacy, drug store, hospital dispensary or place of business is in charge and under the supervision of a person who is registered under this Act. The amendment prohibits unqualified persons from dispensing prescriptions.

Section 36 requires that manuf'acturing processes have to be under the supervision of a pharmacist. It is not necessary for all employees engaged in the actual manufacturing pJ,"ocesses to have pharmaceutical qualifications. '

2 " (

c) proves he is a registered member of a pharma ceutical association or society, or college of pharma cy in Canada, and "(

d) pays the prescribed fee. "

(2) A person who is registered under this

section may apply, either after or immediately before his registration expires, to be registered for a further period. "

(3) Every application for registration for a further period shall be deemed a new application. "

(4) The registrar shall remove from the register the name of any person registered under this

section when "(

a) the period for which that person was registered expires, " (

b) the person ceases to be a member of the Armed Forces on full-time service. "

(5) A person is, while he is registered under this, section, a pharmaceutical chemist within the meaning of this Act.".

Section 31 is amended by striking out subsections (3) and ( 4) and by su bstituting the following: " (3 ) No person other than " (

a) a pharmaceutical chemist, or " (

b) a pharmaceutical interne when under the immedi ate personal supervision and in the presence of a pharmaceutical chemist shall dispense any prescription, recipe or formula, or com pound any drug or medicine. "

(4) No person shall employ any person other than " (

a) a pharmaceutical chemist, or " (

b) a pharmaceutical interne when under the immedi .. ate personal supervision and in the presence of a pharmaceutical chemist to dispense any prescription, recipe or formula, or com pound any drug or medicine. "( 4a) Subsections (3) and (4) do not apply to the manufacturing of drugs under the provisions of

section 36.". G. This Act comes into force on the day upon which the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, come into force.

No. 91 THIRD SESSION THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE 5 ELIZABETH II 1957 BILL

An Act to amend The Alberta Pharmaceutical Association Act Received and read the First time ........ . Second time. Third time ............ . HON. MR. HOOKE Title: 1957 (13th, 3rd) Bill 91,

An Act to amend The Alberta Pharmaceutical Association Act

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