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PEE AI%ORNEY (;=ENElQKL :. 

OF TEXAS 

Yre. Zloween Meebb, R. II. 

Saoretary-Treaso?w 

State Board ot ll ILB@ W@pa~ 

1035 YllU BSiiO Ls 

San Antodloy Tn@r 

Dear #In. Mrsoh: 

Vher since it has been orgtlalsed It hem 

been the practice of the BQar(l POT the.. 

varloua members to write the aroesblary 

ezamlnatfon q~eat$ow to bs eablPatted to 

oandfdetes Par re,gf8tXWfoap %0X t&s 

laet few yasw tan orgaafsabPa* K&mm ae 

fh0 mtmarrli x&q*0 or J!Qlrs$~~ awoatfon 

hM bWWk $&&@ib #t& WMl%WbfQB QSWdtiOBs 

oa varkaue subgots !? for submiastop to 

aanddPdatw &i?F tcagfstzytfon ae &Mdoata 

nmrsea all over the United Sbab99. some 

o? the d4reatOw of sohools of BtWSfng 

tn the State or Texas are urging upon 

the Board the we or these g~cb9t9onfd~ 
" &dUaation where they are graded by a pXQ&@ss 

used by the League,, III OtheF WOT+i U?oA 

payment of the required fees, the Board of 

Nurse Examiners of the State of Tefaa 

would receive the q,#estfons havine n,othfng 

to do with the fraatif~3 th,ersclt nof w9'tb 

the gradin of tM answe~s,,~ 

of Texas On : 

I, $radeg greeorP&?d, by the Boerd, shall bb 

entitled to receive from said Board a 

oestlffcate certifying that such person 

is a graduate nurse. and entitle& to 

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raotfce as a registered nurse in thdr 

tate of TexasOO-..w 

Article 4519, Verno&s Civil Statutes D pro- 

+&de9 $A &Wl't BS fOllOWS$ 
l&a. Ib1owuen Mwsh, Paas 3 (V*363) 

” *a .,,A grade of Qot less thbn @aYOAtJf OA 

any one eubjeot shall be required to 

paea the exam&nation. The examlaatlon 

shall be of $uah ahnsoaot+r aa to determe the f~~ae~8 or the a,p u4ent 

f 

t0 

pmatios pm~melonel nws a& If the 

sesult of the examination be aatLsfaatorg 

to the board, a aertifioste @hell be 

iaeued to the ep Uoant, 

x 

signed by 

the pFesfdent an asaretarp and sttested bp the asel of sat4 WaPd, 

whilrll aertitfoa$s shall q@alPty the 

psr#un rsoelrltng the same to ptVIctiae 

~)*iMefWlonal aur&kg In tat0 @babe.. .” 

h ArUalu MN, Vbx%aa’8 Civfl Stat&es 

prov,$w# Qbal A3-3e *;t board may mete such by-laws and 

rules ag nay be naeeseery to govern its proceedings 

and to aam tnto effacrt t&e puzpoa* of th$a L*w* it 

is agptawha that the Le@$~eLa;tff~s, In dael@M,qg the 

age-7 tba *Board of EWtve $raWkex@ iA%iMaad just 

whet the name kmpllee; t&it 5r, tb% Abe &wkFQ 

should examine the appltrreat8 @or rag$@tete~ad !&NM 

licenses, prescribe the examinations, detena(ne ChWt 

the examinationa are of auah character as to aaoetiain 

the fitness of the applioants to praatidrs profesaiozial nursing, and to supervise generally the nursing 

profession. 

The Legdlelature, in awet&@ tha Ward of F&z&e 

Bxaminers, delegeted bo asbh Board eePk?&n t~otions &Ad 

In ad6ition gay8 it thu pumeF to %ake auoh bflawa ati 

rules as may be nsceeeaxy to govern tta pmaaedlnga and 

to aarry In60 sffbot-bite pl;lrpose of thde law.* ObtSollsly, the ,lar 1188 eOect6d to regulate the profeaaion o,f 

nuxsing, and 4% w,as tnfamded that the Board should b.e 

the a&may to eag Out th@ adtinist-Eation of suab law. 
. 

Mrs. Eloqpm Yesobs Pa&r 4 ( V-B85 ) 

the subdslegatfsn le valid. Where the 

statute is efleat~~an.the .qwtstfon or 

mdelsgatlon and %I@ $elegetPon wee to a 

single ersauttfm m.#di 4t fs almost 

universally hW3 Phat the legfelaturs, 

understandfng fib& fmpacse%bPlfty of personal perf’tamp, ‘~plfedly aathorieed 

the delegatfon of Buthorfty to subordinates O oO 

By rsferrfng to the eat4re a& gcmmn~ng the 

prore8mf0n or WS~R 

!t 

ft nil.1 be notsd Met nh express 

proviaiona are aonta as4 thex84a aat~~sslP~~yp t&a Baard 
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