OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

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nina (0) Dirso%oar, to ba eleoted by tM 

membsra of 8ii@ o~metl~a, end bho namea 

car10 reaidai$iea o,f tbow who em to aarvo 

the iirst yocr sro; * 1 * 

“The South Plaiarr %oo~smti~ 

t?l +eao+k~i+ 8hel.l noQ &a0 uy _ - - 

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stook and Shell A4E M ~eI'etiaa,SOr'~Otit, 

but arll 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: 

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len OS furnish- horpiteiiaetion 

ental suriaes to IQ visle+~lm hharebii 

Wo ti.116 nobhfag 14 Wko modisel preotlec, 

Aot rtloh grererita a hoapftrl from hfrlSg Baa a~ 

moro @ ty8ieLna to p0rr0mi p efeea lo ~l tm~tp o a 

ior Itit3 prtientr. In the oaai of RXIXTBLZQ BE4XF80- 

UAL IIfoPWRbWcX ASSOGIATIOH T. COMfZD BOSPX’VAL B~LXIfIO (Iilasa. OS Asp.) 6s 8-W. (84 ,3$‘%, tho oowub in 

ho!l&tng th a t a l anitarithe o o u Jmalntain~a 81 4 f% or 

~~~~feasionel suviwa render’bd by it0 doltma Qo 8 

p e$ ient oonffned ~oroi~end~ohadpn+i~~ye~d 

co pay ror 8am, aal(LI 

trqatimnt of a&oh person8, e8 *ill~~ir fO;r 

miiniet*rJng to ntelmd se*40 ~011 patleabar 

This tnetavat n88oA8bly embre8oa, rflfhfa 

it8 pturrlew, tho #oroloea of aaturalpsr- 
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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 f rln$ with the requiremanta 

prcbsoribed 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 

mat, t&err ir nothing in the atatutsa whiail 

lmpLioa a prohibitian a&ain+ auah poraoa 

enge$ing hla aerrieea 00 another. 

ataribad 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 

authority, in perl,mtA.ng ita oorpordff 

funotions in respeot to aupplylryl me&ioal 

treatiRen0 to ita’petlenta, to OarplO~ th0ae. 

Ma think the abolr holding guthorisoe the 

Qooperatiro Pla%na lisapita% As@oe%aDion, prorldodti 

ia lawfully incorporated ~8 8 l aniter‘ium, to bin 

phyoirriano to render profssaional eervlo48 to lb8 

pati4nt.o. 

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. 

we are aaeloalag the l Xh lb ft8 whioh ~oou 

l ttaohad to your requoat. 

Toum mry truly