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title: "21 U.S.C. § 204"
description: "Issuance of license"
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title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
chapter_number: "7"
chapter_name: "PRACTICE OF PHARMACY AND SALE OF POISONS IN CONSULAR DISTRICTS IN CHINA"
section: "204"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 204"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 21 U.S.C. § 204 - Issuance of license

## Text

If the applicant for license as a pharmacist has complied with the requirements of section 203 of this title, the consul shall issue to him a license which shall entitle him to practice pharmacy in the consular districts of the United States in China, subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 74, § 3, 38 Stat. 819.)