April 10, 1952 

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Secretary-Treasurer 

Texas State Board of Chlropody Examiners 

1121 19th Street 

Lubbock, Texas Opinion No. V-1434 

Re: Eligibility of holders of 

certificates of preliminary 

education, issued prior to 

the 1951 revision of preliminary education requirements, to take future examiDear Sir: nations to practice chiropody. 

Your request for an opinion of this office 

reads in part as follows: 

"For the past several years this 

Board has had a rule that one must first 

obtain a Certificate of Preliminary Education prior to making application to 

take the Board's examination to obtain a 

license to practice Chiropody in this 

State. These pre-education requirements 

are set forth in Article 4570, V.C.S., 

1939. 

"In revision of the same Article by 

the Fifty Second Legislature, 1951, the 

pre-education requirements were raised 

to include at least thirty hours from a 

college of Arts and Sciences in addition 

to high school education. The revised 

Article became effective immediately 

after the Governor's signature on May 3, 

1951. At the close of the revised Article it is stated 'The provisions of this. 

Article shall not affect students now 

enrolled in recognized schools or colleges of chiropody, or for a period of 

one (1) year from date of this Act becoming law.? 
Han, Marshall Harvey, D.S.C., page 2 (V-1434) 

"This Board meets each January and 

June to examine candidates for license 

and conduct other business. The next 

meeting dates are set for June&&27, 1952 

in Austin, Texas. 

"QUESTION: 

"Wo~uld those holders of Qualifying 

Certificates of Preliminary Education 

(high school only) whose certificates were 

issued prior to revision of Article 4570, 

be eligible to apply to take the examination for license at the above mentioned, 

or any other subsequent regular examination held by this Board?" 

Article 4570, V.C.S,, provides: 

"All applicants for license to practice chiropody in this State, not otherwise 

licensed under the provisions of law, shall 

present satisfactory evidence to the State 

Board of Chiropody Examiners that such applicants have attained the age of,twentyone (21) years, are of good moral character 

and are free of all contagious and communicable diseases, and furnish a certified 

certificate of health to that effect, and 

are~citizens of the United States of America, and who are graduates of a recognized 

high school with credits sufficient and acceptable to enter the state university of 

the state in which the high school graduation was attained, or the University of 

Texas, witho,ut condition toward a Bachelor's 

Degree, and the applicant shall have completed at least thirty (30) semester hours 

of college courses acceptable at the time 

same was completed, for credit on a Bachelor's Degree at the University of Texas, 

and shall present satisfactory evidence 

of graduation from a bona fide rep,utable 

school of chiropody In the form of a diploma which has conferred the degree of 

Doctor of Surgical Chiropody. Such chiropody schools may be considered reputable, 

within the meaning of this Act, whose course 

of instruction shall embrace at least four (4) 
Hon. Marshall Harvey, D.S.C., page 3 (V-1434) 

terms of at least eight (8) months each, 

and which meets the approval of the State 

'Board of Chiropody Examiners. All educational attainments or credits for evaluation within the meaning of this Act; or 

applicable under this law, shall have 

been completed within the geographical 

boundaries of the United States, and no 

educational credits attained in any foreign country that are not acceptable to 

the University of Texas toward a Bachelor's Degree, shall be acceptable to the 

State Board of Chiropody Examiners. Candidates for a license to practice chiropody in Texas shall make an application, 

in writing, on a form prescribed by the 

Board, and all credits and information 

verified bs affidavit contained in the 

form. The"provisions of this Article 

shall not affect students now enrolled 

in recognized schools or colleges of 

chiropody, or for a period of one (1) 

year from the date of this Act becoming 

- law." (Emphasis added.) 

The underlined part of the article exempts two classes of applicants from its provisions; namely,, those students who were enrolled in 

recognized schools or colleges of chiropody on the 

effective date of the act (May 3, 1951), and those 

who, although not in school on the effective date 

of the act, take the examination within a year from 

May 3, 1951. As to the first class, there is no 

time limit and those applicants who were enrolled 

in a recognized school or college on May 3, 1951, and 

who are qualified under the law as it existed prior 

to the amendment are eligible to apply for examination In June of 1952 or any subsequent date. 

Applicants other than the students in 

this first class are not eligible to take the examination in June 1952, or at any subsequent date unless 

they meet the requirements of the present statute, 

even though they may have been issued Certificates 

of Preliminary Education prior to the effective date 

of the 1951 amendment, since the one year during which 

the second class of exempt applicants would be eligible to take the examination expires on May 3, 1952. 

It follows that a person holding a certificate based 
Hon. Marshall Harvey, D.S.C., page 4 (V-1434) 

on high school training only will not be eligible 

to take examinations given by the Board after May 3, 

1952, unless he was enrolled as a student in a recognized school or college of chiropody on May 3, 19510 

SUMMARY 

Applicants who were enrolled in a 

recognized school or college of chiropody 

on May 3, 1951, and who are qualified 

under the law as it existed on that date 

are eligible to take the examination given 

by the Texas State Board of Chiropody Examiners in June, 1952, or at any subsequent date on which the examinations are 

held. Applicants who were not enrolled in 

a recognized school or college of chiropody on May 3, 1951 are not eligible to 

take the examination given by the Board 

in June, 1952, or at any subsequent time 

unless they meet the requirements of the 

present statute, even though they hold 

Certificates of Preliminary Education issued prior to May 3, 1951. 

Yours very truly, 

APPROVED: 

J. C. Davis, Jr. 

County Affairs Division 

PRICE DANIEL 

Attorney General 

Mary Kate Wall 

Reviewing Assistant 

Charles D. Mathews 

First Assistant 

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