liomrablo MorMaer 3mm 

sxooutite sBore8aPy 

Teaoh*r miimen8 8y88mi 0r skxa8 

Au8 tin, Ibxaa 

BBAP SlPr 

wti la PwpeotA r*e ~8 td ation r*r 80 w 

by the ‘feadmr 
RoAorablo NomAr Bnswn, Page 8 

enoh examinationA. If th0 d6~EtAWlt iA lW&rAd t0 dArrAY th6 AXpAMA iOr 8U6h 6XIIIIIIPPtlOLI8 

there i8 A0 BOW60 irO& Uhi6h the IAOASY IAAJ b6 

derived 6xOSpt fzoplthe itLO0 m6mberahip fAe 

paid by ths m6mbiw. 

"Ii A WIAbU COUId ApplY rOX A di6AbilitY 

exwlnation at no owt to tbm mAmbAr, It ir posSib16 that AUSO~OU8 FAqU68tS iOrr AXU&BAtiOA8 

might be roaeivoU rherm therm is lltth probebillty that the y#0rs@n i8 ~ayl*IXtly disabl.6 

aab *h&r0 swh an InUivldual wuld probably not 

mqu48t~ aa. uwiaation is t&m uamU.aatioo is to 

b A$ h i8 l Xp WO. 

"In view Of the abevo fA8tA, it l.A poSA%- 

bls that tha epuAtion 0rthA Bystea 00uld be 

rath8r 88r1OWfj, iopaiM& ir the %APd Of mto68 id8 =quhtd to 0~ PAPUA 8~ 0r mr 

AanUAllJ onm6eIloAl exad.n8ti0n8. It Is bAOAPBA or this problem W&at our dqmrtmat is 

rAqu68ting this optpion." 

Sootion $3, tib8AtitioA S of haate Bill Ho. 47, 

&ts at the Ifit& Legislatun, J&+lar SAssitaa, a~ umnde& 

by &at&Xl t,, ~UbbsAiltiOll 3 Of kUSA Bi1.l a. loI& A&S Oi 

the Portpsevsnth LsgislAtiwA, RA&U Sassion, reads as 

fQpA#S: 

“wpQn tha ~pfi%OAtiQli or 8 meaboc et 0r 

his wp%op3P or hi8 lO@. IlrrpmBMtA~iVa AOtbg 

in hi6 b&Al*, any m6BbAr dk0 ha6 kAd tU6Aty 

(SO) or mn6 y6ar6 of sr6ditAbl8 66nioA leay 

be rAtircM by #AA Btatr %Ard 0r TrUlltAAs, QQt 

168~ than thirty (80) and not mor6 ~&AA niaet8 

(PO) days next ZOllOwigs the date Or firi= SWh 

AppliOAtiOA, OI1 A &isabillty PStimMt AllOWanos, provide4 that ths Pe6isal BoarU, after a 

rnAU$OAl 0xAIEIaAtlan of 8Uohi AMMlber?, 8bAl.l oartify that AUAh mabAr i8 mAAt&lf OF phtS%Odl~.@OApAclitAtAd for the fUrthAr p6r%%a~AU09 ai 

duty, that 6u6h iAOApAAitf i8 likely t0 be paraanent, And that AU& member Ahould b6 X6tislsd.R 

siwt1an 5, SubsAoticm 5 or tinal; m.ll )Lo* +'I, 

SAPgLel* aAaaund6d by aottdn E;, kbsiwattoa 8 Ar Hawe Bill 
2x2 

Huaomble Kortia~r &Own, PagA 8 

NO. 1016, EUPFA, I'AAdS, iA PAZ%, AA fOliOWIt 

"q~noe eaoh ysar du~iag the first Sive 

(6) yawa followiag retirement et A mea~!;or oa 

A tllaabllity mtimaeat ~Uow8no0, pnd oaoe 

in Avsry three-ywc period themAfter, the 

State Borrd 0r &wtees may, and open hia Ap- 

$ft;;tiOn shall, tiqtirA any 4iSAbility ~AAAsixty "v 

rho hAs not yet attafnd the age of 

60) years to uadergo a aedieal Azuaieation, Auoh sxarabation Ii0 b6 aAd at the plats 

0r resldenoe 0r said benf4fiAiary or Any other 

plaaA AiuttilJ A&l'AAd UpOS, by A phySiAirn Or 

phyAioiAM dAAi.gMtAd by the &Ate Baird of 

:'rwteeA. &hould any dieability bemiloilrJ 

who has not yet attained tb -6 of 8ltif (60) 

years rarwe to vubait to at lemt oae r*4lcril 

eianilnatloa in any swh puiods by A physioian 

or ~hysloS.um dOSi@&At88 by the 8tate Bard 

or austaos, Us ~llwuro* oh&U be dimontimed Wtir hf8 Witkh'aWd Or BUOh MfW(L1, 

and should his retusd 0ontLoru ror oat3 year, 

at1 his rights In aad to his ~llOw~aoa shill 

be revoke8 by t&o 8ktA Baud Oz TrAste8s." 

Seotlon 6, Subaootioa 18 or senate Bill xo. 

supm, AA ~aAnded by Sootion 3, subsection 12 of %uso 

49, 

Bill Xo. 1016, Aupte, rMd8 AS folloust 

"'(18) 'Ihs 8tAtO %Ati Of 'flll8tOW *ball 

dASi@lAtA o MAdiOdl &Ard to be ~OmpOW& of 

three (3) physiAlans aot eligible to p~rtlaipats in ths Ratlreaant Bystcm. The phy~slei~as 

60 appointed by the Stats Board or TmatAes 

Shdi ba 18gAny qUAiifiO& t0 prAOti~A0 Adioine in TOXAS and 8hall be phJ8iolsmI;fr~od 

8tanaind ti the mdiall pmr98sm. 

quired, other physloiaaa may be employed to 

mport On SpOeid OAS118. The hdiml Board 

shall pa88 upon All mAdioA1 wm&&at5.ona mquimd under the ~ltOVi81AAll Or this iLet, and 

shall invA8tigatA all sA8entiAl StAt8IWatS dad 

oertifloat88 by 08 ea b6hAlr of A aua&r Of 

AOIUWAtiQn With Aa AppZiOAtiAn rOr diSAt&&ity 

mtimeat, aati shall mport in writiag to th* 

Stat8 fj@,rd O? %uSt@‘,8 it8 AAatiwfAn rtnd rs0mndation upon all th8 mot&em miarmd ts 

It.* 
233 

nmorable I;;ortl.mar Brown, Paga 4 

, 

Saation 6, SPbaaatiOll 9 of samto Bill No, 49, 

aupra, as amended by Seotion 9, hbsootioa 9 Of &ma8 Bfll 

No. 1016, supra, reads as follows: 

“‘(9) %bbjsot to the llmltationa Q tai8 

hot, tha St&, Boar0 oi Tmatoea shall, frpm 

time to the,: aatabllah ~&WI and ragulatMn8 

for eligibility of~romberrhlp and im tha adlninlatratian of tha funQ8 oav8tad bJ this &et 

and for the tran0aatlon et 108 buaineaa.w 

AII aamination 02 Section 5,~ Gubrre~atlon 5 ef 

Seaata Bill No. 49, as mumbd, SANTA, revaala that mS4 

sootion is silent as to t&a dat8Qa oonaar~&ngtha rdiaal 

rroainrtion of a mmbar who iire his applioatien ibr 8 

diubflity ratlxwuen6 allwama. &aid 8oation #&$ PxwSd88 

*that the EmIloal Board, mr a modioal mAr4lmtlen of 

woh mbex, shill oortity th a t l uob aoaber is mtollr 0~ 

phjsioally inoapaoitated. . . rad that auah ma~b8~'8hould 

ba retiredrm %bere appwrr te be nothing in the Tuohar Ratlrewnt Aot rhioh requixwa the @adtodL BoarCa to aotrully 

rake these maai6& axaainatian8. ?t&a Aat 8aama to nq&ra 

only that *lbe XeBioal Board shall uj?on au sodiml 

exa8i5$aptlona maqulmd under the pr 8 Of tihhi8 kOt.* 

(Underiw3ring .oura) 

It la our oplniom, ba8aU upon tho akrra pwka 

wctlcna & the Aat, that the Board af %uatao8 01 t& 

Z'kaeher Rqtirmeat Spatam ma$ ptaatigata nilas ~~oq~i~i.ag 

l aamber, &kkflli~@ an applioatian ior Bia d.isclhil.ity 

ratlrement allowame, to aoeaapany with his l pg&lortlo~ 

a phy6ialan~a aartiriaate or oertiflo*taa eo~taiming 8uah 

InrorAatlon as the Board 0r Tru8teaa say Taquire OOAMTlling auoh mamber*a mental or phy8ioal aoaditlon. 

V!e wish to point ortt that as to ahf8 parti08lar 

stedicdl eramlnatlon tha A& la allant as to tba authority 

of the hard of Trustees to deoignate tho l roe!in%ng PBfSioian. %a note that Submotion 5, Section 8 of S+aattt Fit11 

No. 43, aacraendad, mpra, 8peeliioally protide that, a8 

to subsequent wdioal axaminatIo111, thS Beard of %aStaW 

ahall designate the examinbg phfaioiaM. lQ#Jrn~~, 6iAOO 

the ht expressly provided that the Rmrd of Tmateaa should 

daaignate the axacnining phfaioiror, in OM inatawa but i8 

silent on this netter as to the eramination rrquind b 

S\rbtjeetion 5, tiO%viOn 3 Of %SltAtO Bill EBO-. 491, a* AW ML, 

l mra, wo aonolu& that tha Board of %W8taaa haa 010 aimor- 

&ty to deadwet% the ~,X~ni~ phpiOi8.A tS3 h&m 8&6h mOdha 
234 

Honorable Xortimer Brown, Page 5 

exaAlJJation 88 la required in 3ubsect1on 5, %otion 3 of 

senate Bill No. 47 air amendod, supm. Gvter*r , should tha 

Board of Trustees be d1ssatiail~d with the medioal report 

of the camber's phyeioian, 

under Seotion 6, 

the board has the authority 

kbseotion 12 of Senate Bill MO. 49 aa 

amundad, supra, to employ its own physician to make another med~loal examination of t&a member. 

ii;* rind no provision in the Act whlah oodld ba 

eonstrued as giving the Board of Qustees the authority 

to da$~rmlne the maximum amount that a physioian shall 

ohargaca member for a Aedioal ercrainatlon. 

iOA, tharefora, 

It Is our opinthet the Board 0r Tmateea 15 pot empowered 

to determine tha aiaxinuu amount that a phyaioi0a may 4harm 

a narber ior the aedioal cxamlaation as reqtired in 3a&ion 

Sr &baeetion 3 of Senate Bill 190. 49,~ amendad, aupra. It 

Is alear, hawvar, that the Board oi Trustees baa tha powar 

to deterniine tha oompeneation of a phyaloien when suoh phyaiaian is aaploysd by Ohs Board or Tramtees. 

Wa trust that na have aatiafaatorily answerad 

your qu*atioa, 

Yours very trulf