OFFICE OFTHEATIORNEY GENERALOFreXAt3 

Hofiorablo @orgo 15'. COX 

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Her L&y publlo health numes, asl5tgAuu to?pims sro3 unltsd 

stubs Fubllo Health &mica 

and, pal& by the ulllt0d states 

iUbli0 &a&h &Wyico for 8Wvice in Qr~ooae urea8 

On ;UblfC h8Clt.b nuTB1~=:% 

YitiB8 hi the80 Wea8 without 

obt.nir,lc& a lLce%a tc ;ract1oc &WlAg lr, Tsraarr proYlaQd 

t::ase nurm8 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% rrotiyities OA :he p.?rtai the Publie Health Serrlce~ 

tC 38Si8t tho TZioU8 8tfit88, fn line With 

tbld policy tho Publlo Heeltab SarPiOo bn8 al)- 

alg33U to Tara asrtdn &octorr 0nd nur8b8. 

thrwgh owrtt48y of the Ssnio8, ~l~oatl un&a~ 

the Oireetion of the Btato Hea.lth Ofticer .but 

the8e $ndiY~duti8 Crb ~seleotsb by tkm t?nh. 

Stat@8 mbllc H8alth Senfcb iroSa oiril 8orTioe 

rollt aab 0re 

nr 

k(L d.iXOOtl~ fZ’WS fU&@ti StiM~8 . 

tar their 8U 00, en6 thulr 8btiCN lenst b. 

aoztai~ero~ or a tomgorary abaraotar rho ouch 

cur8a8 are ell&blr for tXtti8sSr t5 other aroaa . 

OS nse& at any tine. o&3 #UDh tHUX8tOr &# 

0QlWrr.d. 
Honor&b16 06Orga Ti. Cox, Page I: 

~WlICal DsfIoer8 arrI&d to thi8 ,Statr 

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&‘aad that they murt be 1iOMi8d ik Tema. 

Thir wwku a 8erious harlrhlp rim?, these 

aUI'8oL1 km assigned OA 8n 4Ki18r~OAC)-bfi8Ia had 

may be tmnsterred frsquettly. . . ,* 

TiMa 71, Ch6ptOr 7, Of the ikIae6 clYf1 stEtUtC8 

ot 1926, presorlbes the r&WJuilWWDt8 for a -moon deelring 

to praatiaa t8 a 'grsiduats osrtliled 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-t4sa1onal nurd 

frm another State whom requlroLc;lts art sqilal tz those 

Of 'hXLL8.* (&tlols &El) 

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

*t;D jM:103 &all fraotlca ZulrSI~ se cr 

ol8IaIng,to be a graduate oertiiid regicstarod nur80 without 6 iiCUn3e cr p4rdt trOZ the 

State Bomd of Wrre r%a!A.nor6, rklch lfeews 

Or peXidt It&B11 h4VO bran rs&Stc:-ed With thr 

county OlWk Of the CDWlty in vihich he Or rho 

reridsr within l p a r lo d of thirty dap. 

WhD htXl r@Odtd hi8 Q;P h.r liCCtL8e 

accordlag to law &hell be styled a 

ad nurm 1 snci no other .serson shall csaum 

auoh~tltfs iir use th ubbrarlcticm '9 . I:.’ Or 

any other to:$ndioats t&t ha Dr ahe Ik c 

yaOu8te oortiflsci rsGIstc,-ed numo: and my 

pOl'8OA Yiolatiq; any jX'O-?iSiOQ Of thle artI 

or rhc Ihal mke uny f418e re?re34At%tiC%3 

tD 8tifd board in a>plyI~ for a liCenO sball 

be ilned aot leas than ttwitp-Zivs nor 9ore 

thawtko ha~drud an3 fifty dollnrs.' 

Artlals 45E.a axmgta ca&ln penona tqa thr~requlrumntr of eald Chapter 7 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 re 6f stared 

IlUFtS..* 

Article 799 of the Penal Code of 19Zb, in like::. 

lmguage, exes~ts~tha sam persons Zroz the panal~provI6lon6 

hLOV4 quoted. 

:ie have been ONlly lnformod by you thr.t the ;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?;tIre servicas ozly; thr:t they hold thenoelvea out 6lqly 

&6 "';;ublic Health Nur606"; and that they use oeithcr the 

title TiaZlatered !;urean nor the ibitiale *R. N."- 

Under t&e faats stated, it Is our opinion that 

thb second era::~tIon Frovlted 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 lioalth service and by t&t 3arvioe asslg~ed to‘work 

In defense areas in 'Isme under tha direction of the State 

Helth Clffiaerl end thetiforo tW&t such nurse6 are sot 

required to Obtalc a St&e llcanm to praotice nursfne; III 

Terns. 

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Tours very truly