OFF!SZ OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Xonor8bla George V. Cox, )1.D.
bt8to tleelth Offlow
Tcur &ate Board of Health
Austin, Tour
De8r air:
have authorltj
canter8 urd held them for~oatmnt
Until 8uoh time a8 the Xe<h Of~lcrr uy retleaae
them from qU8rMtFCla, the Federal OOvet%mOut de8ir88
to lmtabllrh the88 tr8atmMt OOnt8P8 WAdUr hdW81
authorit am mUntalU, op8rate. 8ad rup8rv~rlo~ of
the88 trwtBl8nt Center8 after th.j 8W ertmbllrhed.
‘The $OderRl OOV8PlLBMt, hovevor, b8 rOqU88t-
8d th8t the 8t8te Deprrtmont O? bB81th OOOglF8ta hi
Eonowbl. Oeor2e V. Cox, 012. 2
8Uoh PFOPU, irr V18V Oi th8 iaCt tbt th.y h8V. Do
ltb O?ltJ
t0 qWPMtin, 8 wr8W Vithin thr st8t. Of
Tex8s. mrafwe, th4Jy reqU88t that tha 8UtO a88lfh
OfiiOW 8XOrUi88 hi8 m.l'8 Of QIWMtiM, tF8MpOPt
rwh perron to 8 rederrlty opera.6 0eat.r vlthln
the 8t8t. oi 2.X88 to b8 tP.8t.d by th. p.dOFBl
oov.rwot .
"I vould like to knov rh8th.r or not I hwe 8u-
thoritJ, rurbergrermnt qurrrntlne -98, to trrarport
8 prson to 8 Feder81 hOrplt81 fOl'tD..tBMt by them,
or vhethsr It vould be required thet I rlnt8ln oon-
trol 8ad aontlaw to exerolre QImruitlm 8uthOritJ
over ruoh parrronvho hsr been found to heve luoh 8
OOnt.glOU8 dt8.888."
In 8 pWViOU8 COFalilUl.LtO8tiOBYOU r.qU.8t.d thl8 demrt-
mnt ?Or 8n OpidOll On the folloviry qU.8tiOli81
“k prostitute Lnfeated vitb 8Jphllls and
gonorrh.8 l.f~&n iAfectiou8 rtrge 18 di8@oaed 8nd
quar8ntlMd ln City A, County 8. Would 8tat. OX'
county POllOr,Or rheriff'8 dOp8PtDeBt8 h.V. thr
1.~1 .uthorltr to remove rrld lafrot8d prO8titUt.
to snother OOUatJ or Clt;JiOr QuWMtiM .a tCe8t-
WfIt pWpO8.8t
"It 18 bslng ooiit.Bp~t.b tht three QWr8atlM
ho8plt.18 vi11 be .rt.blirhctd co oere iW the Lrrieot-
.d pFO8titUt.8 throughout the statb 8ti the qlM8tlosl
88k.b 8bOUt b.8 .Pi88n Vh.th.F w pOliC. Offi8W8
vould have the 1.881 right t0 remOn en infected
~08titUb fFoa, ODe COUBtJ t0 .XbOth.r.”
In ansver to that mfamw1o8tl~, ln 0F;inlon lo. O-4736,
thir deprrtmnt held the Iollovlngr
"'ph. 8trte Xoard of Hwlth h88 brord rule ML-
ing paver vith rorpeot to pub110 he8lth MttoP8~ We
think the 8t8t. &8rd of Health h88 8UthOFitJ to m.k.
rU1.8, regUleflOn8 8Ud Order8 prwldla$ ior the 880
t~bli8bmJnt Of th.88 qWrMtilI8 8t8tiOM 8JN3h her-
plml8; porldlng iOr the 8W.8t 8ab eX8RlMtl~ Of
ini.0t.d FPO8titUt88 UpOn order8 Of th. h..l health
Bonorabk Irorge Y. Cox, p8ga 3
AUthOrltlWI a8 well a8 8UtO hulth luOh o r ltl~8~
~OVl~ tottk 188UUOe Of ,Wd.Fl Of 8dtm8
by the varlow h8alth authoritl88 aam8lttlag ia-
fWt@d rO8t%~Ut.i t0 Uid qU8rUtiru 8UtiOD8 a/Or
bO8$4t8 !8 far detention rob trr8tmatJ provldilU au-
thwltf ior loe offirorr to rk8 4rr.88. md la8-
auto oraarr E vtuUy Irrwd by th. vrriow health
offloe,r8Jand povldirrp In &.zb.rallU reaaomble
Md 8868888l’ W1.8 ~,,r~@r8tiOM w&lob th8 Stat.
BOW@ Of ltrr I th ti.D8 n.88.8827 Id ldtlmbl~ to
UWJ Out th. dO8tlWd p888 Of hufng Vith th.
8UQ&W88:@ll Of V8Il.P.a p” ti8a.888.
“It f8 therefanOW OptUOn t&t JorPW88tiolr
should be 8Mverrd la thr UfIrmtlve, If 8u.h of-
fleer8 V.F. wthorlc8d to take rush 8.tIa by proper
ruler me r.gStioa8 or the atw Boardof Xoalth
ld rush effloar8 vere turni8hod vith proper var-
rut8 M&/W Vritt.8 OF&l’8 188u.d by th. progu
health authorItIo8 uader~proper rul88 aaA rogula-
tlona proaulg8ted by th8 State Mm-d of B.lth.
"The l'888oMbl.Ii.88and 1868lfty Of th. VU'Ious
order8 drt8w perroll. .t 88ld hO8Flt8l8 Vi11 b.
dbtmmlnedby the prtloulm fa(Pt8In la o h~88. awl
My be ioQuirod Into by Ji8be.8coP~W8.'
?W8 .a fMJ%OtiOR Of OUC Jbd8r.l 8t.tUt.8, VI fiad
th8t OW btiOW1 ~W.MD.lbt h8 8.80 fit t0 t4k. 8tOp8 t0 CO-
op8rateuith bD.t8 baud8 or dqartm8ntr of hulth for the pro-
veatioa and control 0s venereal di8.a88,.
S8ctloa 25. of Title 42, The Pub116&aIth, U.S.C.A.,
road8 .I tOiiOII81
'For the ptWgo8a Of 88818tm Stat88, 00~4~
tle8, health dI8trlOt8, end other polltioal wb-
diVf8iOZl8 4bf the Stat.8 in .rtabllf#hhiaq end UlE-
tefnlng adequate menaure8 for tJm p8rentloa, treat-
IWIlt,and OOStrOl Of th. V.MCO.1 di88.8.88 for th8
ptWm8. Of ;afkm 8tUdi.8, ilWO8ti#t:Oll8, 8od duoa-
ltratlou8 to derrlop more lffeotlt. s8aaurea of pre-
*antlolL,treatment, and aontrol of t& vrrurwl dl-
8.88.8, iocrludiagthe trrIUng of prromel; for the
.
XoWrrble Oeorge U. Cox, -6. 4
pe7, llloveacee, rad trrrrllng lxpeneea of oomml8-
8lo o .d o fflerar d 8o th up er 8o M l .1
uig ne4 to
6u8tlor in om7iag 0~8 the purporer of rretioae 25e
to 25e, lnoluslve In the Dlrtriot of Columbia end
lluwhePe~ snd for the pP*iu of r*portI, boou-
neat8, snb o&her ruterlal relatl&g theroto, there 1s
beroby xuthorlred to be epproprlxtod for the fiscal
ear endlag June 30, 1939, not exoeedlng the am of
I 3,000,OOO~ for the fiscal rear endIn& Juue 30, 1940,
sot arose& the sum of $5,000,000~ for the fIrcal
oar e&in&“z we 30, 1941, not exeeedlng the sm of
T7,030,OOO; and for each fircol yew thereefter, sutth
sum 8s uy ho deemod neeeuar7 to oarq out the pur-
pore8 of reotloar 25e to 258, 1nc1u81ro."
The Pedorrl Ooveramont 18 luthorlrc0 to cstabllrh,
mlnt4ln, opemtct on4 ruporvlao 8trateglo trertment oeaterr for
tin trootment or pwroaa ulth venereal dieea8e8, who are under
qwuatine by tha Stat0 Health Offioer. It ~alrarm llfferaaoe
ubethrr the Sate of Fedcrol Government furblrhea trertmnt for
perron vlth runereel dlaearer uhlle 8uch persoas are un4cr war-
entlne by the State Be~lth Offleer.
Ye think thlr Qepnrtment*a opinion Rs. O-426 2s wall
fouaded urd emplg eupporteb by authorltlas olted thoreln, arid
la swer a 701~ quertion in the tnrtant request. You em therefore
advised that you have luthorlty under the prerent qu@ra~tLne
18~ to tranrport pfwrorm vho bare venereal dtssa8s8 to Petire
hospitals for trutaeiat b3 suoh horplMl8, raid perrcxu to re-
uln uador quaranclattuntil released by the Bealth O~flocr,
Very trti7 7ourr
OE!W!.RAL
AT’I’ORREX OF TEXAS
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