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October 29, 1949

Brother RaphaelWilson, 0,S.O. Seoretary-Tpe8aurer Texas State Board of Examiner8 in the Basic Sciences 306 RaaTle

Bullding Austin, Texas OpinionNo, V-942.
Re:

Dear Brother Wilson: The responsibility of the Texas State Board of Bcamlnera in the Bas$c Sciences to deter@ne the eligibilityof' veterana for'exemption'pu+ 8Wnt to t38C, '23a

6f H. B. 915, Acts 51at Leg., 1949. Reference Is made to .$ouropinion request of recent date wherein yawask:

Are Veterans oomingwithin the provislow of Section ,23a, House Bill 915, Acts 0r the 51st Legislature,1949, page 522, requirea to 8ecure exemption oertifioatesfrom the Board of Examiners in Basic Sciencesbefore they may take an examinationor be 18- sued a llcenae,topractice the healing arts? p; Board has ,the responsibility

of deter-
? whether an applicant is exempt under said ct?
Howe Bill 103, Acta Slat Legislature,1949, chapter 95, page 170, more commonlyreferred to a8 "Basic Stilenoea

Act' is an Act preecribing minimum edUcatIona 8tandardsana eatabliahlng a State Board of Bxamlnera in the .&St0 Solenoes. Section 1 of H. B. 103 says that:

"Ho person shall be permitted to take an examinat,Ion

for a license to prmtioa,Cha healing arts
. . . or to be granted any suoh liGentle, unless he presents to the Board

. . . a certificateof proficiencyIn
. . . the basic sciences, lesuea by the State Board of Examlnem In the Basio Sciences.". *

Bra, RaphaelWIlaon, page 2 (V-942)

Rouse Bill lo3 was~amenaeaby House Bill 913, Acta of the 51st Legislature,1949. This was an Jot amending Sectiona 8, 16, and 1.8 of House Bill 103 ana also added a new sectionknown as 23a. Section 2 ot House Bill 915 readsr

"ThatAbuse Bill 103 , ‘, . be amem.le&’ ” b adding a new sectionat the ena gi S&-~‘:’ t 4: on 23 to be numberbd SectI;& '23a an&*;‘,:*; read as Pollows: .. 'Theprovl6IonsoP this Act shall t a+l.+ to graduates of mhools of &&' ar 6 who have been enrolled In their remective schools for at least one (1) year p&or to the time this Aot becomes law and who attended sala eohools under the G. I, Bill of RQhts tina

we.rs bona flcle reeiaents of the State of Texas at the time the .~entereiZ t&e ti&itarg iwrvibe,provided fur her t thab Bh8.s~ section shall not apply to any person who en* terea the nt&Utemy serviceafter Janwry +,, 1946.'"
In Federal Crude 122 Tex. 21, md 56 00, v. Pount-Lee oj.JJ&, 2),. the coupt .s’aid?, “It is a PasliU&r suEe. of statute terpretation that an lexception make8 the Intenf that the st8tate~ ahoultl a all oases not exoepteaqt' PQF gJ in ,I'

Oiv,~ Appr ronA cgty of Waco, a s.yr,aa 249 ('Per, twO0wt etmae
“‘Aa a aatural result of this prinalple, it Pillows that where in one section a genes* al 1~28 ie preeeribed, which witzhout’qualffioation w0uia embrace an entire ala56 at subjects, and in another eeoblon a db~ikmirrt rule is prameribed for lndivldualaUbj8CitB of the name ofasa, the fattermust be ootiatmed a8 exceptionsto the general rule, and’be ' governed by the section which is applicable to them alone,'"Bro. Raphael Wilson, page 3 (V-942)

While It Is true that Section 1 of House Bill 103 requires a certificateof proficiencyin the basic sciences of those taking an examinationfor license to practice the healing art or before any person may be granteii

a license,nevertheless,the exceptionsand exemptions contained In Section 23a of House Bill 915 supersede the generalprovisionsenumeratedIn Section 1 of House Bill 103 and will control. As amended, It Is as if Section 1 of H. B. 103 read, ‘NO person, except veterans, etc., aminatlon

. . I shall be permitted to ta$e en TXor be granted a license I
. . By reason of the foregoingwe agree with your oonolusIonthat oertIPicate8of proficiencyin the basic sciencesneed not be issued to applicantscomln !I within the exemptionsunder Section 23a of House Bill 15, such determinationto be made by the professions.1 examining boards. In such cases, the veterans can make their applicationsc¶Ireotly to the professionalexaminingboards.
SUMMARY There la. no requirementthat the Texas State Board of Bxaminerg In the Baa10 Sciences Issue certificatesof proficiencyIn the basic sciences to applioants (veteransand those studying under the 0. I. Bill) who are-exempted under Seotlon 23a of~House’Bll1 915, .Aots of the 51st Legislature,1949. The responsibility to determinewhether a parldcularapplicant Is exenpt under said Act Is that of the professionalexalninlng boards,
Yours very truly, APPROVBb, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

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