OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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“*Tb:is re;cort owoun8 John 506
oil iuatkl T8x66, ubom I hsva bee5
treeting ?or the paat tro moatha.
*'Hia aundltlm ~8s aat+teedby nn
15Jury, r404lvad *hilo,
wor&ln~ in Iub-
book, Tazas. nhlah 8ffeated the .Lhom-
11118U solnt ¶xld ,a airplaoswlt or tile
~fourth ad IVth lansbof vartobbrao. Thir
d6@lO4ZI4Prmtaawed -*em pnlll in lom-
or port of b+aak nnd lee.
n'm &arr ml~aodmverol dry8 3.n
sahaol and 1s still ua$ar ny traat.wont,
an4 If11 eontinm raF two or three
S64t6 lOlt@Br. I'ho treatment ~111 ~rcb-
vont futnm traqbl.4 thst oould asuso
hb lot% Of tPBUu6.
**::4 hsv6 (rllvsn hlz Csitiasrn ah
CIltira-'Jlolot r6y and have adjusted the
vutobrao k Saaro4lllso arisplaoodnt
sna hs,bi ro6pooding very alooly.'"
r34atioii 7 5f Art%010 &jQS of tl33 Revlse& Glvll
St4tUt46 rotsrmd to by mu oon6crl~, tho f~llowlngr
"* * 4. . AZ tie the of tha inJpr* or ILUCZO-
3latelp tbermftor, ip aooesasry, tho araplo co
s&II hwa the right to ob+l i.cuny 6taiLPb L
physlolan or 3ur8mon to adrriairita~ first-aid
trostmont on zwy be raasonab~~ n4ass6uy at the
expsnre of the .'.saoalation.*
?b6 2ootf.s doala ~l.tb tbo iaubjeat of nealoal aid,
horgltsl aozviaso and aaadlolrw , and 4p4aifl4allp roquiror
thet *durky the flrme four week4 of the InJ usting *on
tbc date ot'lto Wliction, t&r Csroalntica “x’ 1 !'imMb
eha
roasonebla $a8iwil aid, hospifal ?Mrvioss .mndzm¶ioitisr.
Duuri~‘the tocrtLi ar any subsequent watt, ug&x 0 plloatiJn
Of the ntt6pdi5R j?&%faitNi aiWbif'yi.Ii~ tfB MOOS* E.ty there-
Far to the ?hard an$ to tha ;iaaoolation, kho Ba6H 6&6yauthor-
lze eddltlonal mCiaa1 ettpntion not to emsed one (1)
rwk, udlasu eat the and of suoh addltisorll week the at-
tendlog ghyaiolen 8hal.l oetrtlfy to the neoeaaity Sor
smtber ueok of nod&ml attention or so xubh tkamof
00 nay be amdeed, but In no erent ahsll mob sedloal
attention be eutborlzed for a period loqy~r than nlmtty-
OR. (31) days fr~31 date, Of injw.
.T&e provision for first-aid trrstmnt, ebote
quoted la to ba aonsidered, Ot coama, in commotion
alth thb~ other portiws of tbo IIOQ~~M, a8 ln t&e nataro
Or .8 $rOYbO, ISCribpartiOtid# fdh(; QUQ Of "f iSSt-8ib
trro40wuLt". It is a htmaae provislop.
ur4 GhooLdbe llber-
1111~ oonstrurd to o+fectueto it8 gurpow.
Life.6 Aooidenb co. t.
IA L’.oae Cobb;~'~820S. X.
et p. 133, the aourt saldr
“The seaoad propocrltlon 3~ that whore
neoesaary at thitkne or Chat in&ry, or im-
mdlbtely theresiStor, the azaployae sbll
hat* the rl&t to oall la mr naUabl0
phyulalwi to crdzMl8ter itim-rid trosf
ntan4 ab play bo temonobly aewass~r~ et
the oxpnae ef,tha haimc~4ion. T&J
prcpoaltioa s4ktrs ei oor,rect prlnofpl.0of
law, but baa no tlpplioatlan to this ame,
uador 4he feats found br the trial court.*
(Emphslr oorr)
frt Federal En~erwriterr Exoheqe v* Sl.mpboa, 137
s. X. 132, p. 138, tbo ~aourt rayw:
*Th e tta ta tb L l l doe6 require xiuoh
notloo to bo glrea the inawr, that it
~~o~~~p~~~~*~~~~~~~~~-
llebli ror first
aid trrrstmeat after in-
jury prommad by tho tmplof8e. xkdretiti~;
ssttini: by (I physiolas al Y badly brokm
arm oowm althin thir o&toGory and tha
reosomabloerjmam inoarred br the omploymo
for the4 pur~o56 war all th8t tha jud@mt
aJ.Mwed."
St id true the Statu4o being oonaider6d was 011’
noted by the 46tb tspl818turo (lOs9)~ and tba Chiropraotlo
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- :ea. 3. Zblto~rastio la d%f liza.: ta
te 5~ s*ihnae cf~xxlyzlnp. ,xid rrdjustlne
the 6rtIoulatIma of the hrrrrso q&al aA-
u x l l &ad its wnnectin~ tfaauea. nitbout the
use or drugs or surfyery. Cblropraotic !&all
irr no aeaao bo snatruod or deifz4d US traat-
weat or attotr,tsd trestaest of patienta by
we of uurgery.or medioiao. St la hereby
docla~sd the purpose of the Xegisloture to
aaku aa daf!aite tba dlatlaotIc;n betweon
Ctiiro:resetIa and other noionoes as .tks d.!S-
tfn&iOu tlUtUt38A3jenth?tty and %odi+r,
“5ea. 38. zP3 oblropreotor shall trcth
aa3 pstlpnt for sny isth3xit dr ilheoe Y*-
aegt ty ol,~rojwotio RS t&t tam la here&i
%eilce& ~rovidad that It shall be e rlola-
tlon of thla Aot rot any poraon lloenaod
hereunder to treet.any parson rot InfeatIoc~
or aoa4ugIoua ilIaesaoa or to sn.g~(rs In then
3tf4OtiO4 Of Ei8diOine.”
Y&w, that obIroj7rsotIos am aut!3orizsd by law to
trWt My &Ultibllt 02 Un SfhlWt OS’ ilbJS?~ iU thS.paM4~
dmsorlbwlIn t&o dO4, tfl et Aat beoomeaa prt of the @am-
sl lrro, aad is to be read, oonntruad sad aypliad in the
II@ht crf that gemrd law, sad the @mur81 l.tr 1IkemIso la
to be oomtrucd In the lI&t ot both ieta.
LMxa PO oonaldurad, ue think’ it 18so;.p.mant ?&al:
(L obtrojmrotlo Eoator or phyaielan l8 a .QhpIalan” rlth-
In the 3iesniIlgaf "W?tkA 7, #Ad tbF3t nbW4 8UOh ohiro-
praotlo he8 been o&lad In 3 06s~ qhere it in raaaonebly
necsazary for firstwb10 treataant or UD ln:umtd 4aployae.
the sxprase thereof is grsEerly ohszgeablo to the ;.s$oola-
t1oa&. EO bra sod Ioat rule o(ril~ba atuttd, but W&WO %hO
4Az3pl.2yer aurlers (111injurer Orf00ttin( the s>inai aoluam and
Its OOnaSOtlng bIacaue8, of auoh m!qnltude 88 rtuaoaablp to
raqu3re piok trestnieati, be MS 6ell 8 ohJsopraot.ic. Cn
the other head, ahare he Suffbra so injury deimndloe SJWOdp
abdloel or sur~~oal~ tre~tiwnt, he abould aell a Wdloal
doeter w auqeea. Thus, sulfaring a aoald, a out, or 8
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broren 8nm, ho mouid zot b4 ju4tUled in aalling a
of;lroyraotor; *hWQ4 S*lr th e Injuu rsya t3th e lpl.rlal
0olum it,mr, or its oomdet.13~ tIaaud4, he 80ula bc
:c*tifIed Ii; cdlln~ a zhlropsator, no* s~eolfIoally
astiwrized to treat aush parta of the huzon anatomy by
the oystezi ot enalgzlng ena adjuatlap: theos gart8.
-The intention of the LealsUture in cnooting
X 18 wrilratly obvious that the
Z0Z!iYZ&&* 9 la&laturo in euthorlzlrig an in-
Jured srspfoyro upon reoslrlzq aa 1n)tn-y to or11 Ii: my
mailable pky~lcien to sdminlstu firat-ai6 treot;ent as
my tm ramoa4bly aooeyary, w48 4nl is upon bumaM Qrla-
cirl44, to cnrrble ocoh In&3rrd employ44 to hare forthwith
the bftnera 4r tra4ti3ent from any ~raatiotlonor rrsllrklo,~
uhutbar oueti ~reotlstloorr bo teoJanio4lly 4 prsotiotionat
0r !:&dlains, 0r 4uqery, 0r o4tuopethy, or abi~rup~4ati03.
2m-o is zothib~ LI the history at tbc I.ct neitlwr la
there anything In tbd oontart thataor, to fndlQat* in tha
least thnt the Le~irl&turoawka lrr b&a- ot~any sahwl
ot za~dfqfde or tre4tauht othir thsa, or 00~44, 4 graa-
tiofioner 4uthcrlzed by 14s to treat aml t0 oharee there-
for.
?!A* Le&nlotum was not dealin& ai$h the aybjsot
OS thsrtaputiss ar bmli3&, but that ot Ilrst ttld to 111 in-
jllmd eqilQy40 rhftt*ver 8ahool or 4yst4a tit14 a4m is
reo3orad,,U au8% trsatnant be euthorl?sd,by law. Gny
other. ouastructim wald be nprrar o&d e~et~ rutitersiv8 of
the 696 4opOht by the i’et.
Yhe ..:'orkmn*& cosponaatisn .Lot spiks ~ros~ctlvs-
lY, ana its >rovisloa ia tha reap6ot b4&q aonslasred $4 ap-
pllasble to the aI+&atic?r st the ti;se sir. SIB is setually
~~4aea. in hozaly ;:k>ase, th6 Le&lstISo be4 outhSrFiZed
tkr) injwsa 4qAoyea lnjurea ir, aourse uZ sapfuynont to, 0011
3 dootor rortbeith, it neooseary, et the ciq4lsa or th.4 :ss-
oicltioa.
Lmloogrra~herr thus dafins tba si0rd:
*.A,pq4oii akl.Uoa lo the art or .harllqfi
one atily authorl~t~d to treat dissaees, 46~. by
amdfulnas; 4 doator bt zsedla&m.w - i;ebateftr
F::ar Intarnationai Dictionary.
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versed ¶.n or grootlclnp
‘36 tbc 3rt
af zseGlolo4 or
heolin& bodily dioabrb by
ta0 4adUi4tr4ti04 0r hi04104; 8p00ir.
0~0 14~~11~ anthoritod to troat 61808408;
a doctor ot modIoIno.* - Funk & >.%@nall*a
X4m StbnderG 3IotIonory.
“Cm wiio prootfoor or I8 akillod f.n
tf.6 art Oi heelingand in sothOd Ot pro-
aorvinp and gwonotfnchorlth, 4;rpocZaUy
cno who prororibos raaedIo8 ror dIa4asos.”
-- Goyolopad~ia &orioana.
InbOod, the Eonal Coobe It8slf oIE$Aftaizostbo
oonstruatlon above fnddoatod. nrtlolo 741 0r the ccdo
Qeolsrl: 5a
*Any person shell bo rogsraoa s,s prao-
~loIn&~nedIcIce *lthIn tho zaoanlnq. of rhls
ohspt4f: * * - 2. ‘;:ho shell treat cr otter
to trsbt tiny aiseafie or disorder, 2nta1 or
ghysIo41, or any phyuloal dofo~ty ixr in-
jury, by Gay system or c-&had,or erroat
ouroa thorooi. 4nd ohergo thorefcr, dlraatly
or indlrootly, money or other compona4tIan.R
Under ovary dolInitIoa -avan the ziwat teatrlot-
ld -- oao who pr4atIoes modialno -its 4 phyalaieni An4 by
the 1043U8gO or paroproph e or iirtIaL0 741 lbovo puotod,
tbo Logislaturo lang hno awde clear that tho wards Qrno-
tlolnc zi8dIoioo” ltwlude aot only the o&.InIetoring ci s6dI-
oino a4 auoh, tat lIko~Is4 the treatment Oi dioeaeo, pental
or #iy8Ioel Qisordor, or lnJury & m 8mtfa or nethod
rh4ttsrer.
Chfroprsotora hove boon hold to be 2raatIoIng
i243!oino, a1thl.n tto ,aoan&(; cf ~~rtlole 7U i-enal f&do
‘pp V- Statei 163 5. *. 1144; %aior v. Ltotcr, BJS 5. Z.
i .‘all.ioOR 1. Ctite, 76 2. 3. (t) 527, ouob Frsottotlon-
k* at tbet the, 0r 4our80, hsriryl 110 lioon*o to praotioo
chi.roprnotIo. Thoy wore pre4tIoIng sisdialno -- pbyoloian4
la raot thoueh not in la*.
24808 like Isaao4on v. ::18oonsia C@ualty Mso-
0iRti00 (-36.) rcs R. -;. sif3, m?8on V. 5tdo 50ord 0r
Eaaltt. (I:y.) 57 2. .i. sol, x4-41York Liri IM. Co. v. ad-
rolewebf (::ich.) 2C5 X. x. ZOP, or0 readllg dlatiopuish-
able, alnoo they do not doai with the SQaOifiO qU44tiOn
under o~nsiOerst.Ion.
Our rperea' ha beem dir@Otsd prli~'ily to
the question OC lftr a aid'
t -- *whet to do till the
doator aomem~ -- sinae ch8t alone imolra* the right
ol an injured employer to ~~11 a pbyeiaian at the es-
peame of the Amocirtion. Yqond this the matter is
for the &sgoaiation, aa provided in Section 7 OC
Article 8306.
Trusttig that what ra bars aaotd~iutfiafrmt-
1J anD(Iuers your ,lnquiry, we 8.re