OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

IIre. El&men Yeaoh, il.

W., Seontary-Tre imwd or mrse xmmin~rr 1035 Idllam

Building 8nn Autonlo, Texas

. cou&roiw, an *at poprovidms rot Federal ala tatea drelring to partloosloratedwar-tlm* training of nurm8. both a8 to thr rdhool and lndlrldual

8' 330th

mamt meet OSrtdn th. re&Gationr &Wmul- %tsali mnkoe olrar the supplementtha training brOa4 rule-makingpower 18 antrustedto the **Surgeon** General lo that the plan oay be adjumted 

### to hamonls~ with the dlrmno @iate lnwr. The plan tarmlua,tes with the war nnd achoollr and rtudentsnot partioipr~tlng are unalreoteid

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From your request, we undsrotana,ft haa been propoeedunder the Voltoo irot" and the re5uletIonspromulgated thereunderthat eccr*dltadTexas nursicg. schoola taklnQ: prrt In ths croexamwill 5Ivo studentsapplylneand quallryingtharerorR thirty zsonthe oourse or "oomblned study end praotleo*oovsrln5preearlbsd rundanentalwork and study end that tblr thirtymonth6 or twining will than be supplsmoatsd

by nn eCdltlms1 six months of 'suparvlaodexperieacr"to be had slthar In the same nurelng school., aaothor mohool,or a Federal. honpltol.

You wish to know If the thirty months of woomblned study end praotloe"In the home aohoolplus six months or''supervised sxperlenosWIn another Inetitutlon under the y~darel plan nil1 comply with Art. 46186, Vernon's Ann. Clv. Statutes or Texae, rhkah requires "three (3) rull yaere of **ocork**and study- ae a prorequisiteto (paduation lo Peue.
Further inquiry Ia made aa to nhetber Art. 4518e, Vsrnons Ann. Clv. Statutes 02 Texas, which requireathe ruU thms ysers or work and study "In such ~lohool~, would permit reoognltlon

end allovionce

or orsait toward graduationror the 81x montha or w8upenIssd praotIOeCpropored to be oonpleted under the Federalplan In another Inrtitutlonok Federal Horpltala8 dIstinguished **from** the home a!ohool where the thirtynontho of waozlblned study end praatIo@ le done.
Article 4518 reads as folloxr:
"ill speoialhoa::Itals api:raved

by the -Board of Nurse Zxamlners,end general hospitala, whioh
are equippedwith not less than twenty-rive (25) bade, end’rrhloh havo 8 daily aanual avera@ of not less than fifteen (15) patients,end which teach the oourac or study preecribedby ths Board of Murae **Examiners** or the State of Texas, **are** hereby constituted duly palif'ledend aoorsditednursing aohoole. ir

eensral hospital, 8% the term la hero used, 1s a public or private InatItutIon where men, women erd childrenare treated **tar** ill kinds **Or**

’

ti**aa.** bbsoh, **Pago 3** 

~ilaeaaea,

bodily injury, or phyafoal dsforzultr by manna of both modloal end rurglaal treetmont, and whloh malntalnaen 

## 0rga20a 8tafr of phpafolena end aurgoona llaonaod to preotioomodloino in the Steto of Toxea.”

Artlolr 4513a Nada, in part, aa follows:

Wo per&on shell be oertiflodaa a **graduate** 

## or any luah

n urain gg

aohool unloaa ruoh poraon **hea had**  thraa (3) full years of **work** and study in luoh rohoolunder a roglatoradnurao, two (2) yoera or rhloh muat **bo** oontlnuouain tho aohool of nuralng rrom nhioh &he her graduated or two (8) oontln- ,uoua yoara in a spaolalhoaritrl end one (1) oontlnuoua full year in a gonoral boapltal

. . .*
ivith toferenoeto the flrat queatlon, it la to be noted that **undrr** the latter &fat&e quoted, Vihroo (3) full yeera of work and study* are roqulred for **graduation.** se think it ia evident, both iroar the language cu the atetuta end e oonalderetlon or the purpose to be aoaompliahe&, **thet** this **proviaion** la rmndatory end that the per196 **rsqdrbd** for gndwtloa may not bo ahortenod. Howevbti., the term *work end rkiay" la not def'lned by the o$atute and we have no /ucUoisl iatorpretetion

to fnlde a. It 18 raqnod **that** the UN of khla turni

ia a roOO@tictn of the feOt that a oombinatloa of formal atudy and lotual workla$ **experlenoe** la noaoasaryboiore a rlnlahsd nurse sey be produoed. The 8, atuto doer not ettouptto pnaoribo tbo proportlonof work t study la the t proooaa of trainIn&, nor dooa it require that-forml olaasoa ahell be held 

## for Eho ontira thrar year period 

## 0r training. We thorofon aoeno **rooaon** why t.ho Boerd oou14 **not** approve **by** it& rogulatlona

s plan whlcrh

wotild lntenalfy the fm~b study. during the eerllar **part of**  tha t&roe ysttr :erioli and oomploto it aith more &tress on the *or& 0%~ **pnrctiyil** ~~perienoo. As w road the E~odoral plan, th) 

## ~‘B~~t~rn.,Act! ’ ;4do the Regulations of tho Surgeon CJeneral, wrk to 

## a0 just that ‘ Ls y iatonritylng the formal or baaiu trelnlng

## 0r the etudont nurse, ropulrlng 0onplrtlon0r the aourse In e ImxilEWB of thirty months (etoept in ceaoa of students ontaring the sahool prior to January 1,t gra. Jioaah, i ase 4

1942, w&e provisionla mado for thirty-two months of be&lo training),

and **by peraittlng**  tho **atudont** thereafterto oompleto the
r rlod of trainin& requlrod for &Nduatlon **under** the State ew **by** six month8 of eddltlonel **-ruponiaod** oxporienoe” in enothor institution. Worlded other requlreaeatr of our Texea etatutoaare met, we oonolude **thet** thirty montha of **'Oon~bined** study and ptaOtioe” plua six months oi qaUpenlaed 

### l xperlenaew would 

### antirip the Texoa requirementof a VU.1 

### threo (3) yoera of work and 8tutlf*.

Psrein&to the next quoatlon,Art. 4518a requires U~l~,;reefull **yeera** of work on6 study to be done "in ruoh “. %e think it oleer that thlr provleiondoer not oont‘mplat‘ **that** the 

## ‘UtiN:.,thN‘ year8 muet be spent in the aeme aobool,but on the aontrary, moana that the three yoera nuat be spent In a aohool or aohoola aoaredltodunder the requlromenta

of Art. 4518 and **the rogulationa**  **ot** the Board of Nurse Exaatinera.In **frot,** the **statute** ltaolf reoognlzeatho tNU8tOr of **atudonta** among aohoolaby requlrlng,in the on80 

## 0r work dono in a genenl aohool, that two years of tho work end rtudy *muet bo oontlnuouaIn the aohool of auralag from whloh &be has graduated In a apoofalhoapit;l: .*. 

## And in the oes# OS training bed *two (2) ount~nuouayears in a apoolel hoopltel**end** ono (1) oontlnuouafull yoer in e general horpita1

. : .* aro **required. Tranafora**  have also been reaognlzad ma errootu4tod **un,dor** the rogulatlcna

## or the **Board** 

## or **Nurse 1Sxestnera.**  **Se0** **~Tmmrora*,** **p.** 10, *~ollolea,Zeguletlon8 end Recczimondetlonr for tho Aoorodltetionor Texas Sahoola **Of F;ural~.**  **”**

In vleu of this interpretetlon of Art. 4518a, we see no lo&al objootlonto the trefnlng **OS e**  **atudoat for**  **thirty i?iontha.in**  **on0 eooreditod**  gonenl hoapitelnuralry l ohool and **for** en addltlonelair anonthetre$nlng in enothor eooredltod

aohool,providedeuch 

### l ubaequenttra&.sfer ir epproved by tho board and otber requlrementa for f;roduatlon l ro art. h‘aturally this would involve en lnveatigetlon end rpprovelfor eooredltotlon by tho Board of Nurse Exanlnorr Of any 1netltutionor Fodorel hoo~itel to whioh it war pro**Poaod** to transfera student for tho lost &lx aontha of ho2

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Nra. **Keaob, PaEe**  **5**

training,end euoh en lnstltution would nooeaaerllyhave 

### to meet tho requirements of Art. 4518 beforo it could be OCoNditea. Xn this aonneotlon, M wlah to solnt **out** that where 

### thirty months of trbining wua had in the l tudont~a haao aohool **(8** general rohool) an4 l **ubaoqueBt** transfer **to** a Pederal hoqltl lwhloh had been **duly** aooredltedwore nIlowed, then it would be neoeaaer~ for the rtudent 

### aftortho 

### oowletlon of the 

### rix month& &ddltfon&l training 

### to **re4renaror** 

### to the home rohool 

### ror gradwtlon, otharwlao the **statutory requirement**  **of two**  **year6 of**  **oontinuour** training *in the l ohool of nursing froar whioh &he h&a **greduetod ”**  would 

### not be **met.**

80 trust th&t wo h&vu &atl&f&&torlly anawored **your** ~nqulrlea in thL& a&tter en4 the d&t& furnished u6 end whicrh you requeatod **us to**  **return** la enoloaed. Qory truly yourr

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O?’ TEXhS



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