OFFICE OFIHE A-~T~RNEY GENERALOFTWAS

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Honor8ble **Hoaer** Garrlaon,

.’ Department of

’ Publio Safety 08mpEfabrY 

### Ayein, TexaS is Stat6 vho ail dealer. of
Wehave rem r of recent date uher6I.n you request the tment ppo~ the above otated qyestion. of the Penal code reads: ny person to mans control, aella spense, or coqpo~ any id Artlole 

### 725bprovidest . llnot be w~l.avPul to mmkaoture, e, oontrol, sell; prescribe, **adniaio: .** **.** 0, or coqouud any narcotio drug s a~thorizod’under the terns of ’ this

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### 6(l.)

of Article ‘725bprovides, in parts
“An apothecary, In good faith, my sell d&manse nm.Qotic drugs to any person upRna vritten prescription of a phyxLoian,.... 2 and

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. tlonorable HomerQsrrisoq, Jr. i Page 2 I’ : r

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### 7(l)of said Article 725b provides8
- “A physician or **8** dentist, ln good faith.\ - 'and in the course of his professional practice 22 .-c only, maypresorlbe, administer, and dispense narcotlo drugs, or he my cause the aem to be admlnistered bg a nurse or interno under his direction end a?pervlsion.” Section 1 of Artiole 725b reads in part as follows: %.ection ‘1, The follovlng words and phrases, : . as used In thin Act, shall have the following meanings, unless the context othemiae,reqtires: n .’
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‘(2) IPhyslcia;l( m!%ms a person authorized by law to practice z?edidLnein this State and any other perso;l authorized by lav to **treat** 810%and Injured human beings ‘in this State and to use narcotic drug5 in conneotion with suoh treatment. (I
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### '(7)tApo&eoaryt meansa lloensed pharmclst as defined py the laws of t&s State and, irhore the context so requires, the omer of a store or other placie of business where narcotic drugs am- . cqqopdsd or dispensed by a licensed pharmsclst~

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### 4498a, Vernonta Civil Statutesj’ provides Zn

.. “Sea. 1. It shall be the duty of all persons

nov lawfully qualified tmdengaged in the practice of ntodicine in this State as dsfined In kntlcle 

### 4510,Mvised Statutes of 1925, or uho shall hereafter be licensed for s_uchpractice by the !Texas State Board of Medical Ersmincrs, to be reglstered~

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Honorable HomerGarrison, Jr;, Paga 3 .,

. as such practltlonars vith the Texas State Board

of Medical Examiners, on or bafora the 1st day of January A. D. 1932, and thereafter to registefc.in like mannerannually, on or beWe the 1st &v:$f January,of each suoceeding year. ;..” _ Article 4504, Vernonfs Civil Statutes, exempts from lliansa end registration certain physicians, specifically enumerated. Artiole 4504 reads, in part:

. **n**. ...The provlsions of this Chapter do not apply.to,.;.; nor to OoIllnission5d or contraot surgeons of the United States Army, Bavy; or Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, in the performance of their duties, andnot engaged in private practice1 nor to legally qualified physicians of other statas~celled in consultation, but whohave no office inTaxes, and eppoint no place in this State for saaing, exa&ning, or treat- paticnts~. ,. .” In the absence 0) speoial legislative authority, Texas does not recognize the licensing and registering of physioians under the laus of another State. The only physloians vho are petitted to praatioe medioira inthis State vithout first obtaining a license and registering under the laws of this State era those physicians speolfically exempt from such registration, as provided by Article 4504, supra. Therefore, the physician referred to in Section 6(l) of Artlcla 725b, supra, could only meana phyuiclen vho IS licensed in andwhopraoticeo madioine in the St8te of Taxas, or one uho is specifically exempt from such lioonse and registration under Artiole 4504, supra. .

Underthe foregoing authorities8 therefore, you are respectfully advised that It is the opinion of this department that your quostion should be answered in the nagative,~ unlees

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. Honorake HomerGarrison, Jr<, Page 4
. Such phgsiclm falls vii&In the exemption set forth $nArticle . 4504, sqra. F e-e &. t&on, .weremain

Trustti~g that this satlsfactorll~ srm&i your queslleq truly 'goyrs ATTOi3~Ey

GEPIERAL

OF!PEXAS

DBD:AW 

### 0,Burie Davitt~ 

### .: Assistant

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XTTORNEY

GENRRAL

OBT5iZS

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