Section 3
SEC. 3. Section 39 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 39. Requirements for the opening and operation of drugstores and pharmacies. The minimum requirements necessary for the opening and operation of drugstores and pharmacies shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Food and Drug Administration in accordance with the provisions of this Act. No application for the opening of a retail drugstore shall be approved unless it is signed by a Filipino registered pharmacists, either as owner or as supervising pharmacist pursuant to section twenty-seven of this Act.