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Qualifications for entry on first register.-1[A person who has attained the age of eighteen years shall be entitled] on payment of the prescribed fee to have his name entered in the first register if he resides. or carries on the business or profession of pharmacy, in the State and if he (a) holds a degree or diploma in pharmacy or pharmaceutical chemistry or a chemist and druggist diploma of an Indian University or a State Government as the case may be. or a prescribed qualification granted by an authority outside 2[***] India, or (b) holds a degree of an Indian University other than a degree in pharmacy or pharmaceutical chemistry. and has been engaged in the. compounding of drugs in a hospital or dispensary or other place in which drugs are regularly dispensed on prescriptions of medical practitioners for a total period of not less than three years, or (c) has passed an. examination recognized as adequate by the State Government for commoners or dispensers, or (d) has been engaged in the compounding of drugs in a hospital or dispensary or other place in which drugs are regularly dispensed on prescriptions of medical practitioners for a total period of not less than five years prior to the date notified under subsection (2) of section 30. COMMENTS Any person who is eighteen years old and resides or carries on the business or profession of pharmacy in the State is entitled to get his name entered in the Register if he (i) holds a degree or diploma in pharmacy or pharmaceutical chemistry or a chemist and druggist diploma,or (ii) holds any other degree than a degree in pharmacy or pharmaceutical chemistry, and has been engaged in the compounding of drugs in a hospital or dispensary or other place in which drugs are regularly dispensed' on prescriptions of medical practitioners for three years, or (iii) has passed an examination recognized as adequate for compounders or dispensers, or TV has been engaged in the compounding of drugs in a hospital or dispensary or other place in which drugs are regularly dispensed on prescription of medical practitioners for not less than five years.