Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 1 (of 3)Paris, John Ayrton
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Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 1 (of 3)
Paris, John Ayrton
Medical laws and legislation -- Great Britain
shall have been examined by the said Court of Examiners and have
received a certificate of his being duly qualified to practise as such;
no person to be admitted to examination until he shall have attained the
full age of twenty-one years, nor unless he shall have served an
apprenticeship of not less than five years to an Apothecary and shall
produce testimonials to the satisfaction of the Court of Examiners, of a
sufficient medical education and of a good moral conduct. Persons
intending to qualify are to give notice to the Clerk. It shall not be
lawful for any person (except persons then acting as Assistants and
except persons who have actually served an apprenticeship of five
years[128] to an Apothecary) to act as Assistant to any Apothecary in
compounding or dispensing medicines without undergoing an examination by
the Court of Examiners (or by five Apothecaries hereinafter mentioned)
and obtaining a certificate of his qualifications. The Master and
Wardens or Court of Examiners may from time to time appoint Five
Apothecaries[129] in any county throughout England and Wales (except
within the city of London and thirty miles circuit) to act for such
county in examining Apothecaries and their Assistants, for which purpose
they shall hold monthly meetings in the county town, three to be a
quorum and the Chairman in case of equality to have a casting vote. The
sums to be paid for Certificates to be as follows; Ten pounds ten
shillings to be paid to the Master, Wardens, &c. for Certificate to
practise within London or ten miles circuit, and Six pounds six
shillings for any other part of England or Wales, in which case the
Certificate may be afterwards enlarged to London, &c. on payment of Four
pounds four shillings. Any person practising (except persons in actual
practice as before mentioned) without a Certificate shall for every such
offence forfeit Twenty pounds, and Assistants (except as aforesaid) Five
pounds. And no Apothecary shall be allowed to recover any charges
claimed by him in any court of law, unless he shall prove that he was in
practice on or before the first of August 1815, or that he has obtained
his Certificate. Persons refused a Certificate to practise may apply
again.[130] The Master, Wardens, &c. are to publish an annual list of
all persons who in that year have obtained Certificates. The monies
arising from Certificates to be at the disposal of the Master, Wardens,
&c.; the penalties, one half to the informer and one half to the Master,
Wardens, &c. Fines and penalties above Five pounds to be recovered by
action at law in the name of the Master, Wardens and Society of the art
and mystery of Apothecaries of the city of London; and if the fine or
penalty be less than Five pounds, then the same shall be levied by
distress warrant under the hand and seal of any Justice of the Peace
acting for the city, county, town, or place where the offence was
committed; and the distress is not to be held unlawful for want of
forms.
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