NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 533

SENATE BILL 345

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF PHARMACY TO ADOPT A CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Amend Article 4 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, as it is codified in Volume 2-C of the General Statutes and its 1967 Cumulative Supplement, by adding a new section, immediately following Section 90-57 and preceding Section 90-58, to be designated as G.S. 90-57A and to read as follows: "Powers of the Board; professional standards. The Board of Pharmacy shall by regulation and after due notice and hearing, adopt a Code of Professional Conduct appropriate to the establishment and maintenance of a high standard of integrity and dignity in the practice of the profession of pharmacy. In adopting such a Code, or any amendment thereto, the Board shall consider the recommendations of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of May, 1969.