[1943 Code, § 313.01]
For the purpose of this Chapter, a "drugstore" is hereby defined
to mean any building, room, place or establishment where prescriptions
for drugs or medicines are filled or compounded, or where medicinal
preparations or remedies for human consumption containing more than
0.5% of alcohol or potent or dangerous drugs are sold at retail or
are manufactured for sale at retail, or where medicines, drugs, chemicals,
therapeutic preparations, druggists' sundries, invalid and infant
foods, physicians' supplies, proprietary medicines, or toilet
articles are sold, offered for sale, or kept with the intention of
selling retail or for supply to physicians, dentists, veterinaries
or other practitioners.
[1943 Code, § 313.02]
Any person desiring a license to operate or conduct a "drugstore," as defined in Section
14-1 of this Chapter, shall make written application therefor, which shall conform to the general provisions of Chapter
29 of this Code relating to applications for licenses, and which shall state the place where it is proposed to conduct such business. The Commissioner of Health shall cause an investigation to be made of the premises to be used for such purpose, and shall ascertain whether each of the persons who will have charge of the mixing and handling of prescriptions and of drugs and chemicals to be used, handled and sold in such proposed drugstore have the proper qualifications and are duly registered under the laws of the State as registered pharmacists. The Commissioner shall thereupon make a report to the President and Board of Trustees, containing a recommendation for or against the issuance of such license. In case the Commissioner of Health shall make a favorable recommendation, the President and Board of Trustees may, in their discretion, upon the payment of the license fee herein provided for in Section
29-11 of this Code, issue a license to such applicant to conduct a drugstore at the place named in such application. Such license shall not authorize the sale of liquor unless the licensee is duly licensed for that purpose by the proper governmental authorities.
[1943 Code, § 313.03]
Drugstore licenses may be revoked at any time upon proof that
the licensee has violated any statute of the State or any provisions
of this Chapter relating to the business of conducting a drugstore.
The conviction of such licensee for any such violation in a
court of competent jurisdiction shall be deemed sufficient proof to
warrant the revocation of a license granted hereunder, but the President
and Board of Trustees may revoke any such license in their discretion
without such conviction being had.
[1943 Code, § 313.05]
It shall be unlawful for any person, to maintain, operate or
conduct any drugstore in an unsanitary condition. For the purpose
of this Chapter, unsanitary conditions shall be deemed to exist if
drugs, medicines, or food preparations in the process of production,
preparation, storing, sale or distribution are not securely protected
from dust, dirt or flies or other foreign or injurious contamination,
or if refuse, dirt or waste products are allowed to accumulate; or
if measures, containers or other utensils or apparatus are not kept
clean; or if the clothing of operatives or persons employed in the
handling or preparation of drugs, medicines or food preparations is
unclean; or if no adequate toilet facilities, soap and clean towels
are provided for such employees.