OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

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oi ita~opsra(;ioaa aima kf@r Wu matmel bwotita of %@a mweboro.* bs8unioC( that aaoh eerporetion we8 duly lawfully i.noorporstrd for bhcpurpoao wma(l in oharttm, w! *ye oeraPul;g •~~~~?~o~~~~@ pmotfuo Pot! of th%a’stiate,’ (@h. 6 9r TZtla Yl SD Yerwn*s Cl*11 Statutoa et Toxea, b&g brtioXou 440s %a 4818’ laa.)‘eAa (Oh* 6 ~of’wtle 1L of VWAOn’ Pea&l GodO of Tozer) to 84i:
i len OS furnish- horpiteiiaetion ental suriaes to IQ visle+~lm hharebii

Wo ti.116nobhfag 14 Wko modisel preotlec, Aot rtloh grererita a hoapftrl from hfrlSg Baa a~ moro @ty8ieLna to p0rr0mi pefeealo~ltm~tp oa ior Itit3

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ASSOGIATIOH T. COMfZD BOSPX’VALB~LXIfIO (Iilasa.

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trqatimnt of a&oh person8, e8 *ill~~irfO;r miiniet*rJng

to ntelmd se*40 ~011 patleabar This tnetavat n88oA8bly embre8oa, rflfhfa it8 pturrlew,

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8~x18 who pxsotloo medioin8~ The Iltatutea expreaaly authorize corporations 

### ior 8ho 'ereotlon and mintwanoa of aanitoriuma.' R.S. aFt. 1302, aubd. 6. The aothorit~ia euah a oorporatlon to **provide** nudleal fneb- ;asnt to the patlantm, **and** to employ, for that purpose; thora poraona rho are duly lioenmed to preotfoe,madioino, Ia maaenablr impl1.d. It i8 qultM trtu that br artiols 748 of tho Penal Oade it la naado a OPT for em person to praotioe madiaim wltlihout oomp rln$ with the requiremanta

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tn artlole 4498 of the Rorlaed aivfi s~atuka (tab l8htW el?iiale bOit%g worded tho IUW aa bzflOl0 739 oi the Peaal Code)4 but, whoa thor. roquirsnanta are 

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roqulremOnt8 hare regard to TM&E+ hla aattbrity to graetioo medioinr, upon human bein&a, end mat ~$0 tha oharaoter ot hireaplowr. In the y~O@O~t 0W9, th0 6Oijill Eoapital & CU.&J waa taroatad with impl,iod 

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Ma think the abolr holding guthorisoe the Qooperatiro Pla%na lisapita% As@oe%aDion, prorldodti ia lawfully 

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room a ooimideration 0f tho MMloal Praotica aet and the aws oltcsd, we den find m reaatmable basfs, under the sharter **end** proposed plan af



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operation, for boldlng that aaa matteror 18~. the south Plain8 Cooperative B@@pital Assoolationla itl elr graotiolng llladioine or will praotiae aadlolno.

You are, theroioro, re@peotfullJr adrl#d that tmder the iaota aabmittod by you, it ia oru: opinion, that a8 a nratter o? law, tba South Platru 

### Oooperetive Hoapital Asrasia8ion 60 low am itfmllow8 it6 law- power8 author~zd **by** it8 ohartev, ia sot riolet$.qg tho mdiorl praetlae Aot In the mtste of Toxaa.

In thla opinion wa have not pasaod upon the **velidity** of the ehartar of maid crmporation.



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whioh ~oou l ttaohad to your requoat.

Toum mry truly