Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
MUST VACCINATE SCHOOL CHILDREN
 TRRUOUT STATE
Attorney General Arbuckle Declares State Board of
 Health Has Authority.

Attorney General Arbuckle having
 ruled that the state board of health and It's representatives, the county and city health officers throughout the state, have full power under the law to enforce the necessary rules and rcgu- latlons to protect and conserve the public health, the health authorities Tn all parts of the state are pr,par- ing to strictly enforce the recent order Of Dr. C. w. Garrison, secretary of the state board of health, that all teachers, pupils and other employees of the schools of the state must be vaccinated before the next term of schools is started.
 The order of the state board reads; as follows:
 No person shall be entered as a teacher, employee or pupil in public or private school in this state without first having presented to the princi- pal in charge Or the proper authori- ties. a certificate from licensed and competent physician of this state cer- tifying that the said teacher, em- ployec. or pupil, has been successfully vaccinated; or in lieu of a certificate of successful vaccination recent vac- cination done in proper manner by competent physician.
 Attorney Generals Opinion.
 In his opinion, given at the request of member of one of the school boards of the state, Attorney General Arbuckle said:
 Section of Act No. 96. Acts of Arkansas, 1913, reads as follows:
 The state board of health shall have general supervision and control of all matters pertaining to the health of the citizens of this state. It shall make a study of the causes and pre- vention of infectious, contagious and communicable diseases, and, except as otherwise provided for in this act. shall have direction and control of all matters of quarantine regulations and and shall have full pow CT and authority to prevent tn, en- trance of such diseases from points without the state, and shall have di- and quarantine measures for dealing and to suppress the same and prevent rection, and control aver all sanitary With all such diseases within the state, their spread
 Section of the same act reads, in part, as follows:
 ToWeF IS HefeDy conferred on the Arkansas state board of health to make all necessary and reasonabl, rules and regulations of general na- ture for the protection of the public health, and for the general ameliora- ton of the sanitary and hygienic con ditions within the state, for the SUD- precision and prevention of infectious and communicable diseases, and for the proper enforcement of quarantine, isolation and control of l such diseases
 "From the above you will note that the legislature has delegated to the 1 state board of health the authority to make all necessary and reasonable | rules and regulations for the protec- ! tion of the public health and for the suppression and prevention of infec- tious, contagious and communicable diseases. This would include the au- thority to cause to bc vaccinated the children attending the public schools | of the state. I am informed by Dr. C. | w. Garrison, state health officer, that | it is not the intention of the board of health to require vaccination of pupils