Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

. 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$ow to bs eablPatted to oandfdetes Par re,gf8tXWfoap %0X t&s laet few yasw tan orgaafsabPa* K&mmae fh0 mtmarrli x&q*0 or J!Qlrs$~~ awoatfon hM bWWk$&&@ib#t& WMl%WbfQBQSWdtiOBs 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,, IIIOtheF WOT+iU?oA payment of the required fees, the Board of Nurse Examiners of the State of Tefaa would receive the q,#estfonshavine 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 raotfce as a registered nurse in thdr 4 tate of TexasOO-..w Article 4519, Verno&s Civil Statutes D pro- +&de9 $A &Wl'tBS fOllOWS$ l&a. Ib1owuenMwsh, Paas 3 (V*363) ” *a .,,Agrade of Qot less thbn @aYOAtJf OA any one eubjeot shall be required to paea the exam&nation. The examlaatlon shall be of $uah ahnsoaot+r aa to deter- me the f~~ae~8 or the a,p u4ent t0 pmatios pm~melonel nws f a& If the sesult of the examination be aatLsfaatorg to the board, a aertifioste @hell be iaeued to the ep Uoant, signed by the pFesfdent anx asaretarp and st- tested bp the asel of sat4 WaPd, whilrll aertitfoa$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,$w# QbalA3-3e*;t board may mete such by-laws and rules ag nay be naeeseery to govern its proceedings and to aam tnto effacrt t&e puzpoa* of th$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 profesaiozi- al 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.* ObtSolls- ly, 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 per- sonal perf’tamp, ‘~plfedly aathorieed the delegatfon of Buthorfty to subordinates OoO By rsferrfng to the eat4re a& gcmmn~ng the prore8mf0nor WS~R ft nil.1 be notsd Met nh express proviaiona are aonta !tas4 thex84a aat~~sslP~~yp t&a Baard . c