Revista mexicana de ciencias farmacéuticas
ISSN 1870-0195
ORTIZ REYNOSO, Mariana ACEVES PASTRANA, Patricia Elena. The pharmaceutical legislation in Mexico: provisions on professional practice 1917-1973. []. , 45, 1, pp.26-34. ISSN 1870-0195.
This paper describes the legal framework applicable to the pharmaceutical practice in the period of 1917, when a new Political Constitution was issued, and until 1973, year of the publication of the first Health Code that banned any pharmaceutical practice without holding a professional degree. The aim is to show that over the period there was a loophole in the exercise of the medical professions, and that it enhanced the loss of pharmacies as the unique and natural workspace for pharmacists. We conducted a historical research for which the Mexican sanitary laws and regulations during this period were reviewed.
: Mexican pharmacy; XXth century; pharmaceutical professional regulation.