OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAG 

AUSTU-4 

Teras State Board or Yedioan E%m.?A=s>a 

Mercantile fiuildin~ 

Dallas, Teme 

Gentlemanr 

.Zl, 1940, ym repuetied 

guesticn 0r the eupl4 of the GA.oago lied%- 

V8t3 by your BOFI~~ for 

ItOe~ to ~MetiOO udiCb8 and 

sliediaal sshcml WI& thati yeur IloarO wm.Ld 

re graduatee o,f that sahool tcr exezinatlon. 

Yoy further udvfse that at goW aebbing in JUXY&~ 1$40, one 

graduats of tit sohool !sde app~ioatto~ TV take the Eoard 

elcaminatlon, with the etatement 'that .ka had applied to take 

the examlmtion prior to l&cay Zl, 1980, md t~exe+foPe, was 

le@lly sutitlad to take the emraf~iration. Xou &ate thet 

your Bmsrd, in the belief t&et ~u~wotid have to a&-it all 
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gradIMtO6 Or .ths ChiOa(go %OdiOd sOhO t&f bad &pplfOa 

for axamfnation prior to ,May SS, 1989, to taks the examl.na~ 

tion, examined thin dootor. 

YOU stat8 thet at thio tims you ha-I8 one amn who 

graduatsd in the ame oless with this dootor, but who had 

mt applied for pemieslon ta take the exaxninatlon prior 

to May 81, 1939, and thet flu al60 had two others v&o ap- 

>liad through raaigtoOity in lQS8, who aso not dmmnding 

the privilege 0r cnp_nea.ring b8rora the Board ror eremiaation. 

Prior to it8 anmndzent in 1959, AriAale 4801, 

B, s. l925, read as rollmmt 

*All applicants for llasnse to graotiaa 

mtllclna ln~thlr State, aat @henriee :.iO0nmd 

u&Lam ths pro~l~io~ 0r lsr anut rueeecrrrtdtly 

pass an exadrmtian bsfore &ie Board rd Yqlioal 

IbcalQinera eetabllt+ed b;i this fnr; AppUdabt8, 

to be oLi&?.ble'IeP ex8&nntion, mmt pPeacint 

mtlsraotory eria+am~ to thr bom that thay ara 

,910re thm twwty-ew ymr6 bf we, a‘f good 

aaral ohereoter, and gmdubte~s of boaaflde, 

reputable aedioal echoo~e. 8tmh se&o01 e&l.l 

?KI considered reputable dthio the m&nips of 

thfa law, vf+430 sntmnos rs0~r8mwt8 8na 

murae org$g#&W+m are.&6 h@h a6 thwe 

adopted by tii~~b6tter 01866 of nsbtaal saho0l8 

or the United mites, tio*e come0 Eb irurtmiotlOn shall 0mbpaQo not lser than foW tom Of 

eight lnontha sabh. Appliooatioa rqr ixenwaWm 

muHi be mbd8 .io urltlng Mdbr tfridav%t to tb8 

8boret8m af the'board, On ;fer!m p1~~r0d b 

the bsard, aooorapraisd by 0 fO0 Of tMntpf 1 v0 

dollam; rxoapt when an ap~tiioant de4.zwa to 

praotioe obiWtrio6 alone, the far 0r whiah 

shall be tiVe'dOlla~0. such cpp4ioaat ahfm 

b8 @en dns notim of the date and plk8e Of 

sxamlnatico l &pl~OazltU ~t0 3IW3tiO8 Ob~t8fPiOll 

in ttis state, U$dn proper u&?p~ltoatl8n, shall 

be examined by Lhe boaz?d ins Ob6t8triOS 0riLp~, 

and upon satisSaotwy &%+mlnnstion 8haU be 

llaetised to praatioe f&et branoh otiy; p-1 

vlded, this shall not apply to tho~who do 

not r0mm obetetrlm as a proreaaioa; and who 

do :-at edVcrCi8e the$selVe0 aB ObetstZiQiaM 05 
595 Ir

mldvflre8, OF hold thoauolvoa out to the publie 

a8 a0 praatfslng. 

of rallurs to pass 

If any a 

exatinat s 

plleaat, booamo 

on, bo refused's 

llasnss, he or elm &all, at suoh time ae the 

Ijoard of Idadl.oal Wamlners shall. Six be pernltted to talcs a aubaaquent examination upon 

suah subJacts required in ori&ml exsmkmtlons 

as the aald board may presoribo, upon the paymnt of such part of twenty-fit0 dollar6 a8 

the maid board any detedne and rt+tie( an4 

said board ma t, 329. the srent 8qtlsfaatox-y 

gradsa ehall Q mide in the rubj8ots prottoribod 

and taken ln suoh ro-oam.minatl6~grant to tho 

l p>liaant lloormo to praotloo madlolno.a 

Aftor amendment b 

4501, Vornon*s Rqvlsod Giti 1 

aALLagplieanta for lla&o to~praatloi 

awdlolna in th'lq mate lat otbmlrr~ lloonmd 

under tho ~rW8l:ozm of l.ar~oatmt wo$om&txlly 

pm~~;wialnatlon. By. the *z-d of Mdbal 

The Board lu authorissedtordopt 

and onrol?kutela oi prooo&ue not lneomlrtont 

with the etatutory reqnireamnt& Applioantr 

to bo el&iblo for aqu&mtion must bi oltizdlu Qi the Vnitod Stat00 ad HMt gl'$WOnt 

atlataotory c&dew6 to $?J!J~MwU &.t'thoy 

are ‘aore than taanty-oaei (RI) yean or age 

of good moral olielrabtor, wha,haro oomplotoi 

rlxty (60) 'semester hours oi salloge oouruea, 

other than in a medioal sohobt, whle& (lows08 

would be aeeegtablo, at time ef aonpleting 

tmao, to tho University of lWzas 100 orodit 

on a Bachelor OS Arts l&yes or a Bachelor 

of Solenae .Ikqmo, and wha are @aduatea of 

boaa fide reputable acsdioal so&mla~ a reputable 

medloal school shall maintain a 0our80 of in8trUCtiOn Of not bW3 thaA fbUF (4) teXl?I0 Of 

eight (8) months eacrh; shall glee a oourae of 

instruction in the fundamntaf. subjeots na~ted 

fn Artlola 4503 of the Bevlsed Civil Stetutes 

or TSXW of 1935, as mended by this Aot; at+ 
Toxae Stat0 Baakd of lfedloal llxemlnqm, Page 4 

shall leave tho noooseary tea&& roroe, and 

possess and utlllee laboratorlse, oqulpmoat 

and faoflities for proper lnstruation in ali 

of said subjeats. Appllcatlms for examlnation mist be made in writing, verified by 

affidavit, and filed with the Seerotary of 

the Board, on tows preasorlbod by the Board, 

acoompanled by o roe of ‘J&en+flvo Dollars 

(&=)a All appl1oont.o l hell b e $lvon due 

notioe of the dato aad plaoe of ouoh emminet10ll. Prodded further that all etudimto 

regularly enrollad in nodloal eahoole rhceo 

gmduatota are now peraittod to take tho modlcalora?ninatlon now proeqribod by law 'ln thle 

State l hall upon eompletlon of their modiaal 

oollogo aaureee be vmntltted to tako the oxa&tatioa proearlbod betolu. 

*Xt any rpplloant beoauuo or islluro to 

paee~tho r~pulred smm&mtloq, e&U bi ra’oSueed l llo o lt~, ho er she, at 6ueh tlm $I 

,the.l¶mrd of &UW?il ~Jkax&We *ay fix, shall: 

be pemltt6Q to take,a eubrequont axa?a.lnatloa, 

upon auoh subjootr required in the original 

oxamlwtlon au the Beard may priyerlbe, up-on. 

the pm nt o? '&u(rh ‘part bf .%hntydim Dellam &)ae tie I)oant~ruy&otor&ee&d 

etato. In tho @ant eatlefaotQ~ $rpdoe Shall 

bo inado In the sp&jeoots proearlbed and.ta&ki 

on suoh PO-mminatlou, the Bcnrd away @ant 

to tho applloaat P ltoense to praotiee medlalno. TheI Board shall dstarmino tho 0mait 

be given sxmrdnsb8 ou tho onewere turned in 

on the eubjeote OS ouaplete and partial oxadnation, and its Ilsoleion thereupon shall 

be final." 

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Under the expreea provislane of the law (both beSore and arter wxmlm.nt) the Board aaanot lawfW.ly exemlne 

one who graduated from a medlaal achoslwhichwae not a 

*reputable msdlcal sohool”. Obviously, the character of 

the eohoolat the t+ the applioant attended and grab-ted 

therairom oontrols. The rsputublonese of the maeal eohoof 

prior to or subsequent to fba,attendanae and graduation oi 

the appllaant is not in %saue. 
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Xmther a mdloal sohool, et the time of tha 

attondanoe and greduetlon of en applioent ror exenination 

by the Board, wea "re9utabls" , pr43sellte a questicn or raot 

to be Ueter!C.ned by the Board in coniorollty with the provisions of tfie stztiite. If the Eiosrd detemines that 

the uedlcal sahooP, at the time or tha attandems and 

sraduetion of a0 applicant for Uoense, me not *reputable*, 

It must, under the far, refuse to weeIns the epplicent. 

If the eohool in faot we8 hot *rsputablsw at the time of 

the attendanoe and graduation OS the applicant, the 

foot that the Board previously nay h,are examined, erroaeously and in vIoletIon 01 the statute, other psrsolu. 

attending and graduetlng frora the rahoolet the earns tti 

aa applloant does not eatebl&ah the right of tha epplIcant to be eramined. ho applloant wIl1 be ~rmIttedto 

IusIat that beoauso another ma Illagellp examIas6, ha 

also must bo eooorded en ex8mlnatIon in violation nor the 

law. A atetute may not be amended by repeated vlolatioha 

or its proYlrlons. 

Tha len~uege ai the amendad aat, wprotIded further that all 8tuUrnts rqgular4 enrolled In medioal 

sohools rfrow graduate6 are now psrmIttad to take the 

nd&oal examination now prenorlbed by lew in this State 

upon oampletlon 05 their mdfcel college oourees.be par6 

mitted to -8 the exaaIhatIon prseoribed herain,* wma not 

Intended to perpatueta tha mbtakea of tha Boerd. The 

Intent OS the provl~, 8OnsIde~Iag the atetute aa a -10, 

Is to prevent the ~amendnent from operatine; ratroeot.Ivalp. 

It aImply oontsuplater that the alIgIbIlIty for the awlhation of applicant8 ~who graduated from or err studmte in 

mdloal sohoole at the time of the paseaee of the aaaadment ahell be deter&nod under the provIsiona of the aet 

as It read prior to ths.emeedmnt. Sea our opinloo No. 

S-1556. 

we trust thet the foregoleg sufficiently enswore 

your Inquiry. 

Yours very truly 

ATTOR~RY CEFSrWJ. OF TEXAS 

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