AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5921 (AS AMENDED) SO AS TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF THE PHARMACY COURSE

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 5921 (as amended by Presidential
Decree No. 1363) requires completion of a pharmacy course of not less than five
(5) years in order to qualify as candidate for the Board examination in
Pharmacy;

WHEREAS, the Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the Board
of Pharmacy and the Philippine Pharmaceutical Association have taken the
position that is desirable to integrate overlapping courses and delate
unnecessary subject matter from the existing pharmacy curriculum, thus reducing
the pharmacy course from five (5) to four (4) years without sacrificing
educational standards;

NOW, THEREFORE I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
amend Republic Act No. 5921 (as amended) by deleting paragraph D and replacing
paragraph C as follows:

“c. He shall have graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
or with an equivalent degree from a school, college or university after
satisfactorily completing a standard pharmacy course of not less than four (4)
academic years.”

This Decree shall be immediately effective.

Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of May, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and eighty four.