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**  

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### sliediaal sshcml WI&thati yeur IloarO wm.Ld
re graduatee o,fthat 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 .kahad applied to take the examlmtion 

### priorto 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 

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**gradIMtO6 Or**  **.ths ChiOa(go**  %OdiOd sOhO t&f bad &pplfOa for axamfnation prior **to** ,MaySS, 1989, to taks the **examl.na~** tion, examined thin dootor.

YOU stat8 thet at thio tims you ha-I8one amn who graduatsd in the ame oless with this **dootor,** but who **had** mt applied for pemieslon ta take the exaxninatlonprior 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~thlrState, 

### 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;ithis fnr; AppUdabt8, to be oLi&?.ble'IePex8&nntion, mmt pPeacint mtlsraotory eria+am~ to thr bom that thay ara ,910re thm twwty-ew ymr6 bf we, a‘fgood aaral **ohereoter,** and gmdubte~s of 

### boaaflde, 

### reputable

aedioal echoo~e. 

### 8tmh se&o01 e&l.l ?KIconsidered reputable dthio the m&nips of thfa law, vf+430sntmnos 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 lnonthasabh. Appliooatioa

### rqr ixenwaWm 

### muHibe mbd8 

### .io urltlng Mdbr tfridav%t to **tb8** 8boret8m af the'board, On ;fer!mp1~~r0d b1 the bsard, 

### aooorapraisd **by** 0 fO0 Of tMntpf 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 ~t03IW3tiO8 Ob~t8fPiOll **in ttis**  **state, U$dn**  

### proper u&?p~ltoatl8n,**shall be**  examined by Lhe boaz?dinsOb6t8triOS 0riLp~, and upon satisSaotwy &%+mlnnstion8haU be llaetisedto praatioe f&et branoh otiy; p-1 vlded, this shall not apply **to** tho~who do 

### not r0mm obetetrlm as a 

### proreaaioa; andwho do :-atedVcrCi8e the$selVe0 aB ObetstZiQiaM 05

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mldvflre8,OF hold thoauolvoa out to the publie a8 a0 praatfslng. of rallurs to pass If 

### anya exatinatsplleaat, booamo

on, bo refused's llasnss, he or elm &all, at suoh time ae the Ijoardof Idadl.oal Wamlners shall.Six be per**nltted 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 mat, 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 Giti1

aALLagplieanta for lla&o to~praatloi awdlolna 

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mate 

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### 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 ‘aorethan 

## taanty-oaei **(RI)**yean or age of good moral olielrabtor, wha,haro oomplotoi rlxty (60) 'semesterhours 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 in**8trUCtiOn 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 

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### shall leave tho noooseary tea&& roroe, and possess 

### and utllleelaboratorlse, 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 preasorlbodby the Board, acoompanled **by** o roe of ‘J&en+flvo Dollars (&=)a 

### All appl1oont.o

### l hell be $lvon due notioe of the dato aad plaoe of ouoh emminet10ll. **Prodded** further that all etudimto regularly enrollad in 

### nodloaleahoolerhceo gmduatotaarenow peraittodto take tho modlcalora?ninatlon 

### now proeqribodby law 'lnthle State 

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### halluponeompletlonof their modiaal 

### oollogoaaureeebe vmntlttedto **tako** 

### the oxa&tatioa proearlbodbetolu.

*Xt any rpplloant 

### beoauuoor islluroto paee~thor~pulredsmm&mtloq, e&U bi 

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of &UW?il ~Jkax&We *ay fix,shall: 

### bepemltt6Q to take,aeubrequont axa?a.lnatloa, upon 

### auohsubjootr**required** 

### in the original oxamlwtlon au the **Beard**

### may **priyerlbe,** 

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‘partbf .%hntydim Delthe pm lam &)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 medl**alno.** TheIBoard shall dstarmino 

### tho **0mait** be given sxmrdnsb8 ou tho onewere turned in
on the eubjeote OS 

### ouaplete and partial oxadnation, and its 

### Ilsoleion thereuponshall 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.P

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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.nedby 

### the Boardin coniorolltywith the provisions of tfiestztiite. If the Eiosrddetemines 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,areexamined, erroaeously and in vIoletIon **01** the statute, other psrsolu. attending and graduetlng frorathe rahoolet the earnstti
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 northe 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 

### OSthe 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 ~whograduated 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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