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### have shown,thsmssl~es to bo m&tared nurses allable for listing 00 the Clril Sanioe r&mrdr of tho fedoml goTrrnMAt?

'The Pa?iC a-n&or: ot health 8e?Yiaoe **in** defense **aran ,4-i&&** **EsOe88itakd 8mh%**  

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### troa the U. 8. Publlo Health Sorvlee ara not required 

### to obtain a 1Iceosr to praotleo In Tax38 nlnor thlr autter 8euaa adoguatsly 

### coverod by 

### the Stat. law. EiovIYW, the Stat8 Sootird Of b'U8e -h4r8 hU6 illfOl'itl46 AUr8.S **80** 8#- Ui&‘aadthat they murt be 1iOMi8d ik 

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TiMa 71, Ch6ptOr 7, Of the ikIae6 clYf1 stEtUtC8 ot 1926, presorlbes the r&WJuilWWDt8 for a -moon deelring to praatiaa t8 a 'grsiduatsosrtliled re&stored nur8V ln Texas. On9 of the require2anir I6 the *pent ct a foe af sittebn dolbr6 to the State Eoard oi mm k1~138r8~ (Artlcl, (319) BerIde **jlS) ‘** **li34At** of the 038 Dafd person 3!uSt pass an amninatlon preacribsd 

### by the Board (Article 4ZlQ) 

### or hold *a reglrtratlen aertlricatr 86 a ;ro-t4sa1onalnurd frm another State whom requlroLc;ltsart sqilaltz those Of 'hXLL8.* (&tlols &El)

Am010 776, 0s the POE& Code Or i9zS I6 8.6SOilowu:

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### bea graduate oertiiid regicstar

### odnur80 without 6 iiCUn3e cr p4rdt trOZ the 

### State Bomd of Wrre r%a!A.nor6,rklch lfeews Or peXidt It&B11h4VO bran rs&Stc:-ed With thr county OlWk 

### Of the **CDWlty** in

### vihich he Or rho reridsr within l parlod of thirty dap. WhD htXlr@Odtd hi8 Q;Ph.r liCCtL8e accordlag to law &hell be styled a ad nurm 1 sncino other .sersonshall csaum auoh~tltfs 

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### ttwitp-Zivsnor 9ore thawtko ha~drud an3 fifty dollnrs.'

Artlals 45E.aaxmgta ca&ln penona tqa thr~requlrumntr **of** eald 

### Chapter7 In tha follting lM6UaEeI**no.?orcrble 0t3Or60**  N. COx, h&O 3

'This law ehall not be con6trued to'apsly to the gretultou~ ourslng OS the slak by frisnd8, ncr any **~;erBOn nUr815&**  the edak **for** hire who does not 15 **any way**  **aeeume or**  **rofesa** to praotloe as a graduste certIrle6 re6fstared IlUFtS..*
Article 799 of the Penal Code of 19Zb, in like::. lmguage, exes~ts~tha sam persons Zroz the panal~provI6lon6 hLOV4 quoted.

:iehave been ONlly lnformod **by you**  thr.tthe ;ubUC health mmas rerarrud to by yr&ir. the letter vated above do not a66tme or profess to preatlce in Tern8 a8 miduate certified reglsterad nuraesi that they periom preve?;tIreservicas ozly; thr:tthey hold thenoelvea out 6lqly &6 "';;ublic

Health Nur606"; and that they use oeithcr the title TiaZlatered !;ureannor the ibitiale *R. N."-

Under t&e faats stated, it Is our opinion that thb second era::~tIonFrovlted in Article CC28 of the Civil **3totuta.q** end Article 777 or the Pczal code applies to ?ubllc health jurors al;ployed and :ge.Id by the WItad States Fublla lioalthservice and by t&t 3arvioe asslg~ed to‘work In defense areas in 'Isme under tha direction of 

### the State Helth 

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### thetiforotW&t such nurse6 are sot required to Obtalc a St&e llcanm to praotice nursfne;III Terns.

. Tours very truly