**‘ ~I&CE**  **OF THE**  **AlTORNEY GENERAL**  **OF TEXAS**  **I AUSTIN**  **Q8IAt.D c.** **MANN** ***v-e..*..** **OCICIIL** Honorable C+orce X. Cox State Haalfk GPMcer Texas State Board or Health b.ustln, Terns **Dear Sir:** 

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*******oeat** date requesti 8bOV8 **statsid** end **r** follows: :. . .

., " s=bulancs be required to obtain . * stat8 Boar& or Health if the amliss thau five tiffies each year for we. should a f

’irm located &I ore of the lnrf.er cltias or Texas operating several ambula~cm obtain per&W iro;ll the State Doard of Zeonltn for each of its anbulances and equip the3 in accordance with the provisions of tLls Act? 1: ,thls fir-7 has obt6inea a pamit for three 0r it3 anbillanoes and ,~.’‘.

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.. 2oxwabl.c C!or$-a K. Coxi pace 2

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- I and cqcip3e6 them ac-coyclLu~iy, is it. necesacrg Coti the TfZk t0 eq@p its fiNZt!l 3ILl iifth 32hll3UC3 and o:btcirz c pcrmlt 

### if tho tvo titter ambulcuces me ussd only three or fcur ‘;Lzzs a 

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### ‘3. Shotid ambulaxwe’s uacli for the transportation 2nd conveyance of sic!: patient3 be reqz*rcs t3 c?aln s pr*4 --It frc;? the %xte Board of Ecaitl~; that is, if they 6re usad ix11yfor transport- co~vclcsccnti3- or. sicLz sltitxts from e haspita1 ‘$0 n sy3sitler;oo nnd noti’for cmsrgcncy czlis?
‘li; ‘~Uouldan a?plicsnt be alloued to obtain pc~tits for core t&n 0x1~a??xl~nco whenhe possessccj.equlpT2ant for only cua ulth the i;stentt;ion of ir;&wSux~;i~ -this eqlpms3 sxl picoirq .lt 3.nthe tx23ulcnoc 1~2klq the ezimgmog csll?” . I Ve quote ia prt from Szixte Bill 230, 48th *gin&a-, twe, icsofar 2.3ve think is perttient ixkansvorZr~ your req'ua3t* ES foiiovs : -

“sacti0zt 1. ~4;p~raon, fix3 or om'poratioa

i tici1 opornts cz caxm to lx oxeratod 16.thk State .. of l%xirs, zig e*zergcncy amhukzoe, pu3lic. or p&vate, ‘~0~tzg other vc*liclc cexxrrly u&cd for the‘. . l;~axp~~tctlon or oouvoyanoo of ",&I 3icli.02 io:s22.ncB, ulthozt first sccwl~g a pexzIt therefor fro= tk.o State ZofzC of Ecerlth 08 hsraizafter provided.
“Sec. 2. Every ax2n.1la.;zcc , patrol outomobSle or .vckicle hereinafter described, before permit is issized thcrcfor, shall be equipped with and, ehcn 13 scrvlce, c’crrg ns raininca ec-uig;rent the followins : “(e) A first aid Itit; p,1,,22 0; i;racturei of th

Wqction snlint- for tFe p-oper traosc. tA.iL.cs e 'Xi fl . "sec. 

### 3. Every such acbu:a~~3 or vehlcic brcizcbovo Ce3or;Lb&+~g 3.x1 eorvitic, ohs11 be ‘~~cc+,zd.*ti~ by at losot 00~ pel3on vi10h33 accr,uirod ?. :

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. . Eoro?abXe George U. Cox, pee & In our Opinion Eo. O-5580, we hold pemits **must** pe secured for tcibul2nceo which wore never used Po,neixrgeiiog **CSllS,** but .ozly to oarry pctIc%ts to 2nd pCoi3hospitalo on nonecerfenoy ribsions. A copy of thct opinion is enolosod.

Your fo*wth question is a2s3ered ia the negative. **As** we attez@cd to po1ak out in tiocuzsi~~ yo&- oecozld qucstlon, Se~~lon3 2 and 4 of Senate Bill Co. 230 rec@ra that evcq applicant seokiqj o pertit uuder this Act must first sbov that his partfculcir vehiole is p2o?s,srly equipped in eccordnnce with its provi3iom. It sce3s Cfiemfwe that before a partit rzay be issued, the partioulw vebLc2e rxst bc p~oporly equlZJqzd, espeolt;Xy so in vieu of the above Ia~~uaze aad the absezoe of a=~ 

### l&nsuz$eOPitierenoe pertittti$ eiq~ LntcrohangLtzg of equlpitcnt arcz~ a!bulixceS.

. Wetwst the fomzgoLq ftily an&s sour questiorc.. Yours very truly 

# .- AWORIEYGR%RAL63’TX&S Robert 0. Koch
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