‘~I&CE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS I 

AUSTIN 

Q8IAt.D c. MANN 

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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 

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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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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 yecr for mcr- 

&wlcles? 

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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 ix11y for transport- co~vclcsccnti3- or. sicLz sltitxts from e haspita1 ‘$0 n sy3sitler;oo nnd noti’ for cmsrgcncy czlis? 

‘li; ‘~Uould an a?plicsnt be alloued to obtain 

pc~tits for core t&n 0x1~ a??xl~nco when he possessccj. equlpT2ant for only cua ulth the i;stentt;ion of 

ir;&wSux~;i~ -this eqlpms3 sxl picoirq .lt 3.n the 

tx23ulcnoc 1~2klq the ezimgmog csll?” . 

I Ve quote ia prt from Szixte Bill 230, 48th *gin&a-, 

twe, icsofar 2.3 ve think is perttient ixk ansvorZr~ your req'ua3t* ES foiiovs : - 

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

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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‘. 

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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 traose c. 'Xi tA.iL.cs 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 vi10 h33 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,n eixrgeiiog 

CSllS, but .ozly to oarry pctIc%ts to 2nd pCoi3 hospitalo 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$e OP itierenoe pertittti$ eiq~ LntcrohangLtzg of equlpitcnt arcz~ a!bulixceS. 

. We twst the fomzgoLq ftily an&s sour questiorc.. 

Yours very truly . - 

AWORIEY GR%RAL 63’ TX&S 

Robert 0. Koch 

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