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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUBTIN 

xmlrett w. Wlsoa, D.O. 

Term 3t8te Boclrd of Mediaal $;rmdnerr 

lll(rlll5 t&dlcat Arta BUildi!a@ 

3e5 Ant6nl0, Tsxer ,," 

/ ,/' j 

Deer §ir: 
E;vWQtt iv. W 18011, I?.o., FagQ 2 

a board of mdloal exQminer8 for ecoh of the 

aSQYQr81, separate Qohoola of mediofne, wkioh 

board8 Qxamino In the Qume fundamental eubjeots 

and w!iloh @ant liOQO888 ior auoh rQQpQOtiV8 

aobo4le of medicine all of whioh lloenaas ellarr 

ldeatloal prlrllegea aa to aoope of praotioe. 

Thla differ8 iram the *oompaaite* typa of board, 

aa In TexnQ, where the Bonrd ia aompoaed of 

prootitionare of all of the reoOgnleQd i30h0418 

of medlolne and whioh grants lioensea, idQntioal la 611 respote, to preotitlonera in all 4r 

the reoognized Qotoola of praotloe. 

Would it not be ln tlolatlon OS Art.1418 

Slxtc-on (la), Seotion thirty one (31) of tha 

TfxM Conatftutlon, provldlngr 

-'The LQgiQlRtUrQ may pa68 18~8 prQaarlblag the uualiflaationa or praotioe 

of aedioine fn this State, and to punlah 

peraotm for mal-praotioe, but no preferl noe shall e)oQr be given by law to any 

aohoola a? medlolne.', 

and in rlolatian of ArtiolQ 4SO4, R.C.S.,(lWb), 

es amended 1939 in llouae Bill #l+E1 wbioh opens 

with thld declaratloat 

?gNothing in this Chapter shall be 80 

oonatrued ns to dlaorlminate against 

any pnrtloular aohool or system of medloal practice, * * * ’ 

for the Tcxna Bwrd of YQdloal Exaslnorr to 

grant a lfoenso by reolprooity to a lloanaer of 

one of Quuoh board8 of auoh f0rQign at&to Qnd to 

deny to a lfoonaee of another of auoh board8 of 

thet SBPPQ stste a lioQ8180 by reOipr4Ui0y.Q 

(3). 'An applicant for l 1loaneQ to pvaotie0 me6141n8 in Taxa preaenta a liQanQ* grantad by another Stat? wbioh reeds *To Prscrtioa 

Oateapethyf, wbioh applfoant haa 80owea auoh 

lioenne by Qxaminetlon in fluMemental QubjeotQ, 

as rewired by Teram law tar admlsaiQn by ex- 
Evwett W. *Ilaon, D.O., kege 3 

amination in Texae, and wliloh a;plIoant 821joyed in the fCrQign state, the 8anze UnliuiItad 

prfrilsge8 and eoope of praotioe as are l cjoyed 

by praotlticcerrr in Teras. 

*Should txt the Tcxaa Board of Medlocl Fixminers f4llow the opinion of the Attorney 

Oeneral of Tax.85 numbered O-1896, farrued 3sptQnher 8th. 1939, end to grant, by reolproolty, auah 

eppllaant 8 lioeme to praotioe medicine In Texas.* 

Artlole 4501, a8 mended, Vernonfa Annotated 

Civil Statutea, providee: 

*All eppllceata tar lloenoo to praotioo 

ned1ol.m in ttie State not otherwieo lioanaad 

under tho pro~ielona of law mu88 auoooe8tully 

pass 88 aaadcatioc by the Board of Yedloal Irim 

enhers. The Board i0 authorized to 8dopt and 

Snf4rOO ru.lQa Of prooedure not inOOMiSter& With 

the 8tatutory requiremsnts. Applioantr t4 be 

eliglblo for oxmlnatloc muat be oltl8ana of 

the Unite4 3tetea end muat preaont 88ti8t8OtOry 

evldonoo to the Bomd th8t they aro 8u?ro than 

8wenty-one (i!l) years of age, Of iood aorel 

4hara8tor, Who hare oompleted sixty (601 aemster h4ur8 o~~opoursea o 

nedimahdo dh oouraei w% ,"i?oz 

able, et time & oompleting eama, to the Un'irersity ot Texas for oredlt on a Baohelor of Acta 

Degree OE a Baoholor of Soieaer Degree, end who 

are graduate8 of bona iida reputable madioal 

l ohool8: e roputabla msdicel SOhOol shall a8Inlain a eourae of icetruotlon of not lea8 th8a 

four (4) term8 of eight (8) months aaoh# 8h811 

give a oourae or icetruotioc In the rucdamental 

subjeots named in ArtLola 4808 of the Ravlsob 

Civil Statutes of Texae of lW!BI a8 muended by 

thle Act3 end shall have the neoorraary taaohicg toroe, and p48eeaa and utillm leboratoriea, 

l q ul.p mand a nt?aollIolea , for proper lnatruotI4n LO, 811 of aaib gubjeota. ApplIoatlona tor 

examination must be made In uriblng verified by 

afiidavlt, and filed with the Seoret8ry of 8he 

Board on forma proaorlbed by the Boar&, l ooo mp a n- 
Everett W. Wllrron, D-0. page 4 

led by a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($85). ~11 

spplloant8 &ail be given dim notioe or tb8 

date and pleoo ot auah exsm:natlon. ?rovidad 

The requimAent or sixty (SO) oompleted s8m8ter 

hour8 Or OO11OSe mrk, other than in a aedioal sohaol, 

which oourse8 wwad be aoosptabla, at tb or aapletlng 

8am8, to the University Of Texas for oredit on a Baahrlor 

0r Art8 Degrea or a Baohblor of Salenae D8grae, besam 

a part or the above quoted statute In 19S9 by hot of th 

Forty-elxth Lagielatura, HOUE~ Bill No. 148, SeOt10n S. 

Ths provl80 to the smuidod statut8 exsmpk etudent8 in medical sohoolr whose graduate8 wen 8iig1bl8 

for the State Medioal Exsminatlon ptQor to th8 .tfeatlv8 

date 0r the aamdsmlt. Opinion No. O-11397 of thl8 departsmut to the Tex-8 State Bosrd of Medloal Exsmlner8. LJ88 

hntonio, Texas, by Hon. Ardsll Wllllem8, Aosldsnt Attorney thm8ral. IO is to be noted that thi8 opinion i8 

restriated to t&s otatu8 0r studsnts enroLLs in mdloal 

8OhOOl at the tims the statute 1~18 mended. 

AS t0 th8 ChtU8 Of &MdUat88 t3f tha 8sJD8 lnsdisal 

sch0018 who had received their dip10lML8 prior to th8 uloption 

of th8 8irty (60) 0OZrIplet8 8eBlO8t.W 00110@1 hour8 X’8pUirOment, we am oomxmte&6 with a question of 8tatutorr lnterpretatlon, and find it neoe8sary to apply the eetabli8hsd 

Oanons dr 8tatUtOl'y oon8tructlon to the law beiore u8. 

‘fhs 43l’OYiSO Or Axtlele 4501, BUPl’s, 18 not rrae 

0r smbiguitr and is 8U808ptible 0r two aonstruation8. 

The wards "all 8tudent8 regularly enrolled in 

medical WhoOl8* might mean only thO8s etudents enrolled 

in ~dioal8ohoola at the tism of the amendmant OZ the 

law to lnoluds th8 sixty (60) seuumter hours of oollage 

oourses requirement, or again it might IssarA all stua8nts 

t&o have been enrolled in suoh medioal whools whether 

prior to the anend?wnt or at the tim8 Of its enaotm8nt. 
Evrrett iii. WIleon, D.O. page S 

The phrase "whose graduate8 are now permitted 

to tr:ke the medical examination now presorlbed by law 

In thI5 stvte- desarIbe8 and QUaiIfle8 'Lmedlaril. sohools.~ 

It la to be noted thst the prOYI80 doe8 not limit Itseii 

to students wnoww enrolled In me41061 8ohools. 

Under a liberal oonetruotlon the provicro will 

not be given the erfeot 0r excluding graduate8 0r the 

~dlchl s~boolr, deeorlbed from taking the examlnatlon 

beoeuse they have not had sixty (60) hour8 oi oollego 

work. If they have been regularly enrolled, and have 

con;leted thnlr oourses, and reonlved a diploma, they 

are end should be entitled to the same privilege of 

taking the exm&mtion t8 the regtiariy enrolled student8 

et the time of the anendment who have not oompleted their 

medical sohool oourse. From the language of the Aot we 

cannot dlsoern an intention of the Le&Islature to di8- 

criminate between graduates and stUdeut0 Or medlosl 8Ohooh8 

*whose grcduatos are now ::ermItted to take the medloal 

examiicatlon non prescribed by law”. It 5ema to ua that 

both classes of student8 - those who have been enrolled 

but have gradueted and thO8e eurollsd at time Of amendment to statute - rall within the permissive soope or 

the law. 

A cont:sry oonstruatlon tkreetens the oonstltutlonality oi the law on the theory thet it would oonter 

bpeclal privilege8 upon one group 0r graduate8 and amount 

to an arbitrary and unfair dlacrImIn5tlon 8g8inst another 

group Or gradu&es WhIOh WE8 CUititled t0 take the era&latIon at the tins of graduation but tie were subsequently 

bcrred by a rslluro to be exempted from a ooUr5a requuire- 

,%nt made 8ubsequent to their graduation. 

Two cardinal rules 0r oo;str~atIon are oontrolllng 

in thi6 situation. First, the courts ~I.11 always endeavor 

to interpret a 5tatute so theta will be oonstItutlonat~:and 

valid, end ~I.11 deallna to adopt a oonstruotion that wIL1 

destroy or nuillry It, If by any reasonable oonstruotlon 

the enaotment oan be sustainad. 

Gk:%XB f. ROEIRSOH, 8 S.W. (24) 6SS; 

a,oct&m Y. cxzm?oN INDR~'RT?DR~ SCEGOL DI3T. 888 6.W. 

1064; 

CAT!EY Y, XS.VEli, 242 S.W. 447. 
680 

ZXerett W. Wilson, 0.0. page 6 

secondly, ~lmn the language 0r a 8trrtute 18 not oleer, 

a04 the act I6 susceptible or different 00nStrUotlon8, 

it will cot be construed so as to operate har8hly, unJustly, or GIsorlmlnatorIly. That oon8truotlon will be 

c?dopted wkloh I8 bened On the a68UmptIon thtt the LegIslr.ture intended to enaot a iair, just fmd reasonable 

18W. 

ORIZ!~TAL ZOTZL CO. Y. ORIPFTJii& 33 S.W. 6SE; 

.JMXL KIqG Y. VOM WAN& ii6 Tex. 469; 

STI<'L'Z v. DIPBSCENSXR, 9 Tcx. 4691 

D;-AVIS Y. PAYNE, 199 S.W. 80. 

Since Artlale 4601, mara, is susosptlble of a 

rmsonable oonstn+otIon which *ould place grabuate8 en4 

students or ffieeioal schools on an equal ba818, we rajeat 

a construotlon :zhioh raise8 oon8tltutIonal doubts. It 

students enrollad In medloal schools at the time the 

Legislature 7laoed the sixty (60) nmester oollege hour8 

requirement In hrtlole 4601, tsupr8, are excepted from 

asetlngtho requirement by all the rule8 of log10 an4 

prlr.oIplse of equity, students who had graduate4 prior 

to the amendment and were in every way qualitled to take 

era&nations at the tlnte or graduation should not be adveraely ~rrectea end bsrrsd rr0m tsklug the examlnatlon 

bxt;ytdy did not have sixty (60) semester college 

. 

In answer to your rimt question, it 18 our oplnion that under hrtlale 4801, as asmnded Vernon's Annotated 

CiYil 6tstUte8, an applicant for admiselon for the state 

msdloal ersmInetlon8 and ror a lloense who had aoqulred 

hi8 ~eeloal s&o01 dIplors8 QUdiiYiUg hIm to take the 

state radical examinations prior to the amen&ent oi srtlCb 4801 in 1989 to i501llde the k%qUiZWient Of "8Ixty (60) 
681 

NVerett 'ii'. K;:leon, D.C., ~XS+JS 7 

semester hcurn of non-medltml ooilo~e oo~raes,~ le not 

aubjcot to this prorlsion ot the emended article and 

has a right to take the exeminatfonn d&spite the feat 

that he does not heve ta hle oredit eixty (60) senmster 

hour5 of non-medical college oourb08. 

Article 4500, es amended, Vernon*5 Annotated 

Civil Statutes, provides for Veolprooal arrangement..* 

aa tollow8: 

The State Bor;rd of Xedloal Exaralnsrs ms -- in ItXlXlon, lqon $Tyiiiz 'by en aFF1 + oaut 

of 5 lee of iat9 Dollarrr ($501, gract lioenae 

to preOtiO0 medicine to any reputable yhjsloian 

who Is a 0ltll;en of the United Stetea, and a 

graduate of e reputable medioal oollege, or who 

haa Wallfled on examination for e eertlfloete 

of media61 ~ualffloatlon for 8 oolnniselon In 

the biedical Corps of the United ,Statee Am4 OT 

Navy, ana to lloentiatsr of other States s Terrltorle8 hiiSin re ulresneiXsTiFmTifiZiT co TG 

tg~$rdiaZt$hiiZi?o~ose ertab+ 

h a State, -A$IGiition8 for lfoen~uiiii ‘iIie-$YXXEG of tkls Art1010 shall 

be in writing and upon a form to be preooribed 

by the State Board oi 1eQloal Examlne~8. Said 

application shall be eoooqanied by a diploma, 

or a photograph thereof awar4ed to the appliaant by a reputable me&al oollege, a&l, in the 

caee OS an &nq or Naval affioer, a oertlfled 

tramiaript or a oertitlaate , or lioense, or eommission issued to the applloent by the Yedloal 

Corps of the tlnited Stat.88 Army OT Navy, or by 

a lioenee, or a oertlfiea oopy of lloense ta 

praotioe medlalne, lawrully Issued to the agpllcMt, upon eX&%Lination, by sore Other %ibte 01 

Terrltorg of the United Stabs. Sal8 applioa$Wn 

mall aloo be aooompanld by a~ affidavit ma40 

by ari exeoutloe oftloer of the Ibe&ioal Oarpa oi 

the United Statso Amy or Nay, f&e President Or 

Yeoretery of the Board of I&ebiaal Examiner8 whicrh 

issued the said license or by a legally 0bna0ituted medioal regl*tretfon 0friabr of the stat4 

or gerrltory by *ioh the eertlfleate oc ll~eaee 

nae granted, and tn whloh the applioatlon folr 

mediaal registration l.n Term is based, reoitlng 
Everett ti. %%lson, D.O., f"sge 0 

that the aooonpanylng oertifloete or license 

has not been canceled or revoked, exoept by 

honorable discharge frorr the Medical Corps of 

the United ;itetee &my or Navy, end that the 

stataslent of the o.ualiflo~tlons made in the epplloetlon ior ssdioal lloenae In Texee la true and 

oorreot. Ap~llaante for lioense under the provisions of thls Artiole shall eubaorlbe to an 

oath In writing berore an officer aut&orlzed by 

law to administer ostho, whioh shell be e part 

of aald ep~llcatlon, stotlng that the license, 

08rtifiOat8, or authority under whloh the applloent praotloed medlolne in the State or Territory 

from whioh the l pplloant removed, was et the 

time of euoh removal in iull roroe, and not 6u8- 

pended or osnoeled. Sald epplloatlon 8hall also 

etste tbat the appllcent la the ldentioal person 

to whom the said certlilonte, lloenee, or aommisieion, and the said msdioel diploma were lasued, 

and that no prooeedlng has been inetituQed 

against the applloent ror the 0aEcelletion of 

said oertffloet6, license, or aut&orlty to praotloe medlolne in the 5tste or Territory by which 

the same was issued; an8 thot no proseeutlon l8 

pending against the applloant ln any State or 

Federal eonrt for any offense whleh under the 

law of Texas la a felony. A reputable phyelolan 

within the maenin of this Artlola shall be one 

who would be elig f ble for sxadn~~tlon by the Board 

of Ned5oel Bxamlners under the -,rovlslon# or Artlole 4506 of the Rerieed Civil statute* ot Tow 

of l9~5, as emended by this Aot. A reputable 

medloel oollege within the meadnng of this Art%- 

ole shall be suoh ee la defined in Artlole 4501 

of the Revieed Civil Statu~eo O? TeXetI Of 1988, 

as amended by this Aot. It is prorlded, however, 

that the Board may, under the prorlelona of thi8 

Artiole, In ltn diaoretion, grant lloenae to any 

reputable pbyalolan of another State, Trrrritory, 

or District, who graduated prior to the year 1909 

rrom a medloal oollege tilah at the time of hi8 

graduation reculred OR; 

K 

three 3 OOUTSO~ O? Inetruotlon of net leas t an six I 6 I months eaoh 

ior attainment of lte diploma, or the degree of! 

Doctor or tiedloine, end whlah at the time of hia 

graduetlon ma generally reeognlaed by the medioal 

l 
683 

Evurett '8. iY:leor,, D.0;. page 0 

examlnlng board8 of the z3,at;ee of the Union (LB 

IWSiAt6iAing entranoe reQUireaeA%S and oo~me#I 

Of inatruCtiOA equal t0 those maintaiaed by the 

than better olava of snedioal sohools of the 

United Gtatss; and provided further that the 

said applioant for llcenee to praotloe mdlolne 

in this State ehail appe:?r before the Botrrd in 

executive seseion and pass a retlefaotory oral 

euMiAatiOA in r;reotioal subjects a8 mar be meNo. 148, 8 1.' - (Undersoo5lng ours). 

Artiola 4694, 66 amended, Vernon's Annotate4 Civil 

Statufer, relating to Woonetruotlon ot ttiis law, read8 

in pert: 

*Z?othing fn this Chapter shall be 60 BOW 

strued a8 to Uleorlminato a&nst any partiotitar 

Sohool OT #y&em of medioal praotioe, nor to atfeat or limit In my way the a~plloation or use 

of the prinoiples, tenets, or teaohlnge of any 

ohuroh in the ministration to the rlak or au?- 

fering by prayer, without the use oi aAy dru& or 

material remdy, provided tmnltury and quarantln8 

law8 and regulation8 are oamplied with; and provided, rurther, that all these 80 rarinietering or 

orfering to mlnieter ta the olak or atifaring 

by prayer ahall refrain rrom maintaining oitioee, 

exoegt for the purpose of ererois5.q the prin~iplea, tenets, or tsaohlngs of the ohuroh of whioh 

they are bona fldo membor8. Y * * w 

Artiolo 16, Seation 31 at the TeraE Constitution 

providea, in part, 6e followat 

"The Leglrrlature may paas 1awt1 presorlbing 
Everett pi. Bi,lson, D.O., page l0 

tho qUI&iiiiOatiOAU of prastltionars 0r madlolne 

In thlr Stata, and to punish persons for mslpraotioe, but no preferenos shall ever be given 

by law to any sohools of me610ino.w 

Reviewing Artlole 4500, suprs, it provides that 

ths Stats Board of Xedioal Sxsmlners *me7, In Its diroretlori, * + Y grtmi iiornae to praotioe ~afcin0 + e * 

ts llssntlatss of other State8 oc Tcrrltorlos having 

requlrtmst.ats r0r medloal ryllstratlon and praotlos l q uu 

to those eutebllshed by the laws of this State". 

Applloetlon mat be aooompmnid in the aass of 

~lloantlates of other Siete8w by a 110~~68, or a otrtlflsd oopy 0r lioenee to preotloa meflioine, lawfully iasuul to tho applfoant, upon exa%ilnatlan b7 some othe!# State 

or Territory OS the United States. 

Them em ed&itIonel requirements wioh need not 

be dlsouesed hers. A primary oonditlan ia oontalnsd ln 

the fiRa SeRteAOe Of &tiOh dboo, SUprat 

*The 8ald Board shall not, unber the ~rovtsion of this Artiole, pant 8 lioen8o to praaties medicins In this St&t* t0 ska~pliosnt who 

does not hold a llosnse lssusd by M&her Stats, 

Terrlttory, or Distrlst of the Unftsd States, 

4dY 

9 

00 him the aams right to praotloe medioino ~a the State, Territory, or Di8trlo% issuln(g ~611% lioense whish s liossss to praotloe 

JladiOtn8 ill thiB Stat6 &Ye8 to 6 PhpSiOiM Oi 

ttds Ststb In Texae.* 

The present sltu8tlon la on) tnrolrirq the q&iaction of the rnolprooitp statute, Artlole 4500, aupre, 

Ths lnnguags 0r this statute 18 olsar sub l xpliolt as to 

tbs autkorlty ct the .3tate Board of Vredioal Exsmfners 

BVW the applications of lloentiater of other States or 

Territories. 

It is OUT opinion that u&%&r Artlole 4800, as 

#mend@&, ~~AeA’a klnOtBted Cit%l 3atutb8, ths m&ifJa;l 

reslproolty a&, the Texar 3t6te Boned of b%dicsl Eurainsrs hue Ohs authority to US@ 1611 8lsatitfos in @slItiN 

lloensee to preotloe faeelolxo.tiQ UQ*zMatas of Q*sF 
Bvantt W. Ullscm, D.O., Pega l.l 

states and that it may legally rajsot the qpplloatlon 

0r a lloamd praotitloaar 4r msdlolne in l u0ther stats, 

ahether 5~3 that em3 a *00r;300fte tip8 0r BOG SUO~ 

as oxlsts in Texas or nepacatr Bocarda for the differant 

fields or madlc~~e lssuad tha lloenas of the out of 

stats opplioanto w2mnemitr the Taxas Beard or Modloal 

ik~~lnors 18 satistlsd that the raqulmmrnts undsr whloh 

the lioentieta In tha sister stats obtelnad his lloonu 

ua requlremants ror nmdloal ngiotretlon an4 praotioo 

whloh do no t l qunl ttws astabllshsd bT the laws of this 

state. &oh aotlon on the Dart or ths Board, pursuaut 

to the term0 or kt101. umo, does not rlolata tie pratlaions 0r Artioie xn, Lzaotion 30 or the Tsxas oon8tltutlon 

in rompsot to *soho at medlolna" and Arblols NW, as 

amendrd, in raspact to dlaorlmluatlon against any partioular sohool or myate& of amdloal praotlos. 

In &nswor to your third q~uastlon, this drpartmatit 

hau held thot the prtiotloo of OstWpathJ 10 rlthln ths 

phramo atho praotloa of mwIl~ina*~ Oplnloa iio. O-U98 

to ths Texas Mats Board of Medloal Exemlners, by Hon. 

Wllllam f. lpannlag, Aeaiatmt AttoreT densral. 

Artlola 4810, R.C.8. of lSSII, prorldes~ 

wny penson 8hal.l be regnrdad as Dra0tlOing 

medioino wlthlnths m0anlng Of t&l8 lat 

1. Who shall Dublloly DroIeea to be 8 pho810ian or surgeon and shall trsat, or orrw to 

treat, any dleeane or dl8erder, itamtal or physloal, or any phjrsloal dsfordty or i.uJury, by 6z3y 

eymtem or method, or to eri'eot 0ww1 tharsoft 

8. Or who shall treat or 0rrer t0 treat any 

dleeass or Plaordsr, runtal or physloal, Or any 

phTsloa1 deformity or injury by any systma or 

method, or +A effaot OUMS thsraoi and ohargcr 

th4rsfor dlreotlp or lndlrsotly, m01iof or ot)ur 

eO@lPensatlonr" 

~rtlols 4500, aa ommdod, Vernon*8 Annotated Cl~ll 

statutes, prwldss that the State Board may ln it8 dl~o~- 

tlon grant a ilOans to praotio* mabloimr *Co lloentlatr8 

of other states or Terrltorles having rrqulrenwxts fOX 
686 

Everett W. Wilson, D.O., page 12 

medloal registration end praotloe equal to those eetabllshed by the laws or this State,' upon oompllence by 

the lloentiates with certain requirements set out in the 

statute. 

In passing upon the application of a lloensee 

0r a sister state, the state Board 0r ldedioel Exami.ueirs 

must determine whether or not these requirements have 

been met: first, that the prerequisite8 of medloal regl&ration and praotioe of the sister state are in ooniormlty with the standards established by the law or 

Texas; aeoond, that the extent oi the rl@t to Draotloe 

medlalne whioh the lioense of the elster state ooufera 

1s oo-equal with the prlvllegee and aoope o¶! praotloe 

oonferred by the Texas license, lrrespeotive of the nature 

of the license, Its wording or the type of Board whloh 

iselms it. 

Where an applioant for a lloeuae to praotloemedialne 

in Texas presents a license granted by another state whloh 

reads wto praotioe osteopathy*, the applloatlon 1s wlthln 

the jurlsdiotion ot the State Board oflledlaal Examiners 

and the Board has authority to consider the application 

under the Medical Beoiproolty Statutes, Artiole 4500, as 

amended, Vernon's Auuotated Civil Statutes. Where the 

applloaut has secured his aleter state lloense by fulillllng requirements for medioal registration end praotloe 

equal to those established by the laws of this state, a8 

provided in Article 4500, and has met the other reqtiredaents 

of Artlole 4500 applicable to an out of state lloentiate 

applying for a !l'xxas license it la wlthln the dlsoretlon 

of the State Board of Medical Exaxlners to grant aaid applicant a llaense to praotloe medloine in Texas. 

Trusting that the above fully answers the lnqui+ 

lee oontalued in your three lettera; we are 

Yours very truly 

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