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. **OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**

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-Honorable E. R. 

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to vhethsr o .oi this department as sells custom-built an ltapresslon taken th3 practice of ; .The maker does not t and his business is strictlined apove.

_. .,. .. ._-~~(Chiropodp’ means the diagnosis, medical ‘ind surgical treatmant of ailments **of** the human foot: A chiropodist is ono practicing chiropody. Whoever professes to be a chiropodist, or praotices or assumes’the duties lnoident to chiropody, with-

. out .flrst obtaining **from** the Stdte Board of .,,

-’ &nombl% E. H. Bctt, Pmsldcnt, ti~ 2

Chimpody t$onlners 8 llcanoe r.&hor';G~ the pnrotice OSohlropody. shall bs lin%d not cxceadin;; asi%hundred dollars, or bs confined ..- in jail not to exceed 

### 30days.” - Both of thn

### provlslcns quoted abow IXWdmivsd et33 @KQter 159 at pfiZ%

### 357of tha hcts of t?le 

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tind only minor changes WPQ nade In the codl

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1925. : ., .’

~’ The statutory definitlaru of chiropody as sot cut above are aablguous. 'Dlagnoals, mdlcal and su3+&al trsattan&” is the rOngw~g% uaod. 20% this rccn that the dlamosle plus a treatmat, etthcr medical OFswgical, is required to constitute the praotka of chiropody, or i.8 ths @i.agno3ls alcae 

### sufflolent? In ths absence of jxdiciel iato,qrefiat:ou of ths - statute w look to ths 

### Actas a v3olc, esi&tis to dote.zztis the legiolative Intent and thereby resolve .tbs smbi&ty of -- the definition. A rticle 4570, R.C.S;, 1925, .as acended by ths Act8 OS 1933, tith Leglslaturs, @se 363, rscuires that an ap9llcent for a licsnso to pmatios chirop&y-“‘shall prs- - aont satlsfaotory ovide~ce of gxduation ~TCU8 bona fide ’ rsputablo school of chiropody in the fcm of 8 diploea “hi& has conf~rrsd tha de&m% of Dootorc-r-Sur$cal Chiropody . . .* Article 

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~ke8 9,mvlsion for the revocction .ofa chlronodist’s ficsiw~soand u!.ziq oth%ermouails specifies that cno nvho.. .~.glves swag or sslls drui;s or elcobol for ct%er than logitlmts purposes In his praotioe; or who0eg be convicted of amputat-

_ ing ths hman foot or toe cF of uaizq an anssthetic cthor than local”, mayhave h20llcenae rsvoksd.

It n%ems

to ws that Srm itreading of tie abovs quote3 &vislons that the Jie&slaturs otitsnplnted thst a chiropodist as re@ated by our statuteo is ens wlme~ge:oe not ln the dlagnosls of ailmx2t+o of ths Soot alarm, butt in’the medical troatmmt a@ minor aurgarg of the foot aa trsll. Furth*mors, in repulrlng a tiiplom 

### fToma *born fide reputable school of ahlmpody” w thlii~ it was the intention of the Ito~lslaturo that n ~exz.13

chlro adlst engas in .ths pmcefee should be oqu+ppod to praotico am.l Of chiropody ti aCc0I-dtx.W with general-. 1~ acoe9ted stnndards a& in t?w accepted field of his call-.

1~ &.ev of tho snbibuous OsfialtLons of ch+cqp&y and tho lmpllcat’loris gleanoci fxm a read- of the rc,-sulatory statutes on this subjact as e vholo, vo believe th9 qusstion

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. Ronorable E, H, Hott; President, Page 3 under consideration should be ruled by the deolslon of State Board of Medical Examiners VS. Uchln, **156 Atl.**  **285, a**  **IJew** Jersey case ln which the defendant vas charged with practlclng chiropody without a license. In that aase the Legislature.had not, attempted to define chiropody vhlle In Texas our definition 10,ambiguous and indefinite. Relevant quotations from that case sre as follovs:

*The faots, as they appear in’ the testimony, **are** that professional vomen investigators employed by.the State did, on several ocoaslons, venter the shoe store of the defendant, vho appears to be a reputable dealer of some twenty years stand- ln the city of #ev Brunswick, and complained of pains In the feet. The dealer suggested that they bathe their feet ln hot 

### water. use soaD. balm. and Powders: he also had the vltness& remove- their shoes &d - stand on a.pedigraph (electrical &chine) to take Ia _ picture ~of their feet’. He finally sold them some nationally knovn proprietary preparations ln the original packages, havlng pr’ated thereon ‘a written statement as to their uses, and tlie price printed thereon.. Defendat else sbld a pair-of s&h sumorts. The dealer called their attention to the directions ., on the paokeges. Hedid not hold himself out as a ‘doctor of chiropody, nor did he cut any corns or i: oaflusea, nor did he make any charges other than the -.:. prlnted price for the so-called remedies. (Underscotiing ours) w “. .‘. . . “L&weati enaoted to be~read and obeyed by the peoti1.e at liirge, and vords in oommonuse by the people should b?‘&i.ven the samemeaning ln the law as they have among the people’ whoare expeoted to read them. j Adais V: Lansdon, 18 Idaho, 483, 110 Pac. 280. .%hlle the removal of corns and calluses 

### constitutes chiropody, according $0 its commonly accepted definition, I amnot ready to hold that the other treatments alleged to have been sqgested by the. defendant come within its scope. State v. Armstrong,,3a.I*ho, 498, 225 Pac. 491, 33 A.L.R. a362

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ila theicforo concludo, linltlq th+b o~iniod to t3e facts stated $n tha outtet, ti-mt .thcyda not disclose a CXi81c . of the pxaotice or chlzqmdy mdcr mr !Wcaa atatutee. To hola othe-rulss, VoUld,subject th?cu8tcz1 &me and boat asker

**. to**  **the re@atltma**  **horse u.?or**  cmsidomtlca **cs** ha mmt’mcoasorlly **igw,*** **tho ph7slcal**  **o!!23\moter2st~oa of**  **tie foot**  **irr orc!or**  to provide the doolred ccsrort endsugpmt in a Gme for his 

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