**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY** **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 8~16*hall file 8 eopy:Jof l uah aa8h l

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### texnr State Boor4 af Health; and. until rush ooolee are 80 fll8d. 88id 

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### for MD uuder thr rules, re(ul*tionr mid require**sent8** o? the tcxaa Nat8 Board of Pealth, BC the pro8ldeat thereof, and ir l ap owerml

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### tts wtabllsh, aalntala awl enforoe **quarantine within**  h:r 

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### StrteBoard of okrltb la a11 **matter*** **t3f** load quarantIa0, 

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### oowtr; and he rlull at ell **timer report**  **to** 8ata **Itate bo8r4,**  **la 8uoh**  **aunn*r** nau 

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### it 8hnLl QlWOOr%k, the praroaar of **811 oontagiorrr,**  lnf8e$iou8 **o.ud** baagebwur eplderio 418#8re8 vlthla hi8 jurlm%letioq and he rhe,ll

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### otherend furthar **ropertr ia**  **8uah mnmtr**  **adI form**  **and et**  **8uoh blrer**  **88** raid **St8te Bo8rd**  l hall 

### dlreot~touohlng an ruah 

### mattersmemy be ~ropctrfor 8rld Stat. **bawd** to dlnot~ nud he 8h8ll **aid** *aid **State Ekwwi**  **at 811**  **timer In**  **the enrorwmsnt**  bf it8 pro~w ruleo, **nfp ’** **L*tLoua,** requlreaent8 8nd ordlnanoo8, 8nd la the l nfaroeaent of r1.ll raltmly hur 8ud quarantlue Mgulstlaas wlthln hi8 jwrladictlaa.* (Unffereoartng **our81 Bonar8ble**  **c. %OUOOS,**  **pi&go 3** 

**lot8** thrrt**rund#r &tiOl~**  tilff**t&S OOUQtJ**  hO81th orrloer 18 requlr8d to *perform l vob alt188 88 hew boon **F0qUir.d Of**  **OOUntl phlr8~OiJlO8,**  rlth **TOl8tiOlt t0**  **OStiO~ ?Or**  the.primmsrr in OoWIty Jail8 l * * a& other 8uoh **dutlo8** 80 MJ **be** lmirrlly 

### requird of the 

### oountypbyala~ur br 

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### bOtON th0 tkPl'Om8 COtUt 

### ia the #a80 of @d.wetn~~%tYnty t. Baolo, 91 tax. SW, 4S 8.Y. 198. **hur8** tb0 086~U#loa#rU' Oaolpt hdl l lOOtOd the I9981180 oOWt;l 9h~SiO%&8 

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The **authority** 

### thereme proMoat8di upon the fol~lowir( **868tUtO** (n0w ~rt~el0 1037, c&O Of armed ~08&W8)!

*&ah OOU#t7 #h&%1 **br** 118b10 fOl'811 OX9OlbOS iWUWOd OII8OOWNBt Of **th0 #St** * **kSaplU# Of**  9F186Ib em oonfinod in Jail or kept us&or pad, 

### l xeopt grironere brought fr08 8wtbr oowty for **auf0** kemplag, Or On **hrrb888** OOrplU Or Cihall#O Of **VSllUO;** in vhlah OllS~S the **Soun)~** trOr uhloh **th8** 9rtSQWr **lr.braqht** #hail **be llabla**  tar the eXpen#e of hi8
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### aotywith **rospret to**  **%tS** tJrlr8aon **WOS** loT8 flmlf flxti **b;r** an 

## tit **of** 

## the**L#gi81~tnn** 

## of **19m tnblr**  hrtlalr 1040, C&e af Urlriml W%WekWe) **providing,** ln wCOI

'_Honorable C. Sbwionm, pfkge4

'For the l

efe keeplng, l

upnort **and** mmlntmnanas **of** prlmonerm oonflned la 4811 or under qu8rd, the 

### eherI?? shall be mllowed the tollowlng ohmrgmmr

!

: ” ‘3. For neoemrary mdloal bill and namesmbtm

extra compmn88tlon for attention to 8 brimmnmr during l

**ioknccm,** muoh mm amount ae the oo#slmmlonerm oourt of the count7uhere the prlmoaer!. 18 eonfiamd may 

### detemlne **to** be Jurt md propmr,*

You are aaoordingly l dvlmeQ 

### thet

### It la the duty of the 

### oountyhemlth ottlorr

### et the rmquemt of the oouil8slmker8~ **oourt,** the l

herl?? or other qr,roper authoritiee, 

### to &tteadand **rendor** mediaal amelnthnoc 

### to urimonerm oontlnad in the awnt~ jail. **Under** Artlole 4423, l UDr8, he mmy be mlloued l ny rmuonable oaraenmatloaby the oouPl8mlonnr8' oourt Sor 8ny l enieem aotually render&.



### Yourmeooadqaemtlonlawith 

### rmmpmetto the llmbllIty 

### af the county for 8 nrlvate 

### phymlolan~mfee when oalled by the l **hmri?? to**  **Mnimter** to 8 prleoner oonflamd In the oounty J8ill.

It ie clit?loult



### to sn8wer your qwstloa oategorlmal17. The llablllt~ o? the oount* for **the** tee of 8 ph~mislur other than the oountr health offloor rumt 6epen4 upon the oUearmtrnoe8 involved In esoh vartloulmr otee. hportnrt ooneider8tlmnm~113 be the l

vailablllty 8d v~2ll~nmer at the oouaty km8Pth ottioer to perform the dottern reqdre4, the UrganoJ of the SblliUes,rad the reamon8blenemc of thm fem.

1Smmumlng the 

### failureor retuul of the oounty health offlaer or hle unavAilablllty and that aodlo8l 

### Attention18 urgentlyneeded by 8 **oountr** prl6Oaer, you AC0 mdVlmm6 that the eherl?? mry bind the oountf for a remmnble pbymlolaa'm tee.

Wm had ooammian to oenmlder 8 l lsllar qua8tlon ln op1nlon lo. o-212. We were thara aonomrnmi aflth thm li8bility O? the stata ?Or neoemrar~ hOmQit8llt8tiOn 8Bd Pmd%m81 8csrViOm8 readered a Qrlaoncrvhile in **the** oumtody of l member of the Texmm Jil&hvajFatrol. In mperklng of the Stk.th'm duty to pr~monerm, we maid!

i

fHonorable C. Slamonm, page 6

‘It lo the vcll emtabllmhmd genorml rule that the duty 8 l



### hmrl??or other pmaoe ottloer ovem to -the etmte or to the 9ubllo 

### to l atel~ keep a prlmeaer oowsltted to him wmtod~ and deliver him over to the moper euthorltlma ot the prapbr time, la no more compulsory than 1s the duty he 

### owmm the orlmoner hlmmelt to exsrolme resmon8blm and srdlnaryomre to protect 

### hlm 1We end haalth. 

### There tvodutlem are co-•

xtenmlve an4 arlme by virtue of the oumtody dmuoh prleoner by **muah**ottloer **under** orIsIn8l oro0emm. 

### MO. 101. 21 R. C. L. 0. 1173 (Primoam 8nd 

### Frlmoaerm,

**Logan v.**  **U.8.,** 144 U.S. 26s 12 su9. ct. 617; 36 L.&l. 42Q; kx Prrts Jenklnm, 66 W.r. 560; Stmte
vm. Ciobln,

94 Fed. 48.'
Xoreover, wm Doiatm6 out thet the or!t':oil oondltlmn of A prlmoner aa3 rmqulre that medlo81 attentloabe rendend by other8 than those umually required to

### perton l umh 

### l erv~oem, 

### l wlws
'Am lllumtr8tlve

### of thlmbimormtion to 

### WaIV8 l tatutory ton8lltlem Ia 

### l nmrgmnolem, we olte the
aam of Lamar vm. Pike County, 30 I1.E. 912, holding 

### th8ta **oounty** nm 118ble for wdloml ~ervloem renderedby a ph~mlolan 

### l uaeoaed by the Jailer to Attend & rrrlmoner In 8n emergvnoy not adnIttIa(r **of** the **tour** hour@' delay nememm8ry tcs grooura the 8ttenQr;ame of 

### the

l eoretar~ et the board o? hellth, rho 

### remldedtwlve ~11~ 

### 8vaj from the Jill, aotvlthmkndlng the 88mtutm drovlddl ttmt the **letter** 

### l houlQ rvnfierl

uob meblaal 

### l

arvicce 8e wre Nqulred **by** 9rlmanerm. Ths oourt maMd

*******‘ In**  **the** 

### ommebe?areurn It 

### vae thedutym? Smith, the J8llOr la ahargr of the prlmoner 8nd aotlng for the mherltt, to mummoB 

### a **ewpetent** phrmlolan under the exlmtlng easrgenej to treat the prlmoner, and threby lave hlm life, I? muoh eauld be dono. It vauld here bmea ~aexeum8ble negleot OQ the part of the Jailer to have wmftmtl **tour hourm** 

### to **m\uaan**the 

### l eoraterjr of the baud of hemlth, twlve 8lle8 dirttat, whoa the neaem

### l **ary** redlaal mid oeuld be obtained mpmedlly dad near ot hrnd, **and** u8m ersentlrl to move the llte of the prlsoner

. . . . Urnoannot believe that theHonorable C. **%1a8oam, page**  **6**

l8v Intendedwhere m n8n vam ln Jail, and In need of medloal menlae under the everganey exirtlag la thlm oame, where the bored of oouaty 

### oonlmeloamrm hF.dl

ppolnted A l

**eoretmr~ at**  **the** bored of hemlth, vhoee **duty** It wmm la muoh dame8 to render muoh medloel 8mmlmtmnoe,but whome remldenoe wee lo **resote** tram the oounty Jell thet he soula 

### not be prooured In time to **render** the aiA nutled, thmt the orlmoner l

hmula 

### be left to mutter and **perhpm** &lo, **and** that **the eountf**  would not be liable for the l 

### ervlaomthum renderml by A

### p~mIolmn uader the erplo~ment of the j8Iler bavlag the prleaner in oharge

.'* Cartmlnlj 

### 8 county 

### owe*no **gremter** 

### tlwtr to It8 paper8 th8n to ltr prlmonerm, end long ago the Teum Oourt o? 4ppemlm held In Xonghoa 

### It&lmmoav. VAR Zanttt 

### bUatJ, 8 Wl'ilmon,

Clv. Cam. Ct. App., seetloa 198, 

### ttmta 

### county warn liable for sedioal m~rvloem rendered A **pauper mt**  the 

### requemtat the oounty **Judge**aaU a cuber of the -1melloaere
**oourt**

**.** The oourt 8mIQr

~Countlam an reqalrsd to provide tar thW 'muppnort'

of their pauper@. 'Suuopert,' **am** 

### umed here, ueane more than n~pvl~lag them v;;hnptit and alothlng 8nd a Boame 

### to atal In. 

### ~11 that 18 **noeemmary** to bmdlly he8lth rrnd@mafort, ad l

mpeolally

### dorr It lnolu8e **prope&;;m,** clttentlon

snd tremtaent

### aumg l ~oknemm. 

### 18 m l uprmme oblIg8tlOa of 

### hruanlt~,lndepoa4ent of any 6trtutoryunflmte. And whare aaequ8teprovlmlon 

### hnm not bmen am&e bf the 

### eaulmmlouerm' oourt 

### to ?urnlmh theam 

### prI8eneoemoitlemof life, the oounty **Judge,** bmlng **the** prlnoIpml rmprmrent~- tlve of the eouats, or 8ay other member of **the** oo~lmmIonerm~ aeurt, **aan,** by eontrmot, bind thm **oountf** la say reamon8bla 

### mum nooemmmrytar th0 l up~:jort of mpruper. Ulthaut **A** ~MViOU8 OOUtFAOt ta that e?teot, It la 0810 of 8lokOere e phYmI018~ ehould glve hlm **protemmiasll** 

### #armAnd **rttmRtlOn** to 8 wmr, 

### ma implied 

### oantrmettopmf **tar** 

### muoh l 

### ervloemA 

### rmrmonrbleAOSpeR8ution 

### vould l Xi@t
on the part of the couIPty. 

### Ia thlmoame therm irnno quemtlon but that the l ervloee **renderetl**Woaorebl* c. Siamonr, **QSge** 7

by ap?ellantswere neoeerrry, ad we- well end skillfullyverformed, **and** that the **amount**olalned .therrforle remoneble. Suah beIn& the cane, it Is the duty of the oounty to pay the mount olalmee; wherefore the Judgment 18 revermee, and Judgment lo here ranfier?rd far e~ellrnte nealnet appellee for the amount olalaed and oostm.’

It 18 therefore our oonrldered oplnloa **tml you**  am l dvIee5 that when the oount;lhealth offleer Ie umtilllag or utmbh to attend ant3 a private ~hyrIoIrn Ie oalled by thr 

### l heriif, the county Ie liable for rearenable feee reeulting from hl8 a:nIetratIon to a **oounty orleoner**  urgently in need **of** medlo81 **attontlon.**



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