Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN i t “01. “(0). nina (0) Dirso%oar, to ba eleoted by tM membsra of 8ii@o~metl~a, end bho namea car10 reaidai$ieao,ftbow who em to aarvo the iirst yocr sro; * 1 * “The South Plaiarr%oo~smti~ Ho 3.0 t?l +eao+k~i+ 8hel.l _ noQ &a0 uy - - sap ? kS’ stook and Shell A4E M ~eI'etiaa,SOr'~Otit, but arlloi ita~opsra(;ioaaaima kf@r Wu matmel bwotita of %@a mweboro.* bs8unioC( that aaoh eerporetion we8 duly end lawfully i.noorporstrd for bhcpurpoao wma(l in its oharttm, w! *ye oeraPul;g •~~~~?~o~~~~@ pmotfuo Pot! of th%a’stiate,’ (@h. 6 9r TZtla Yl SD Yerwn*s Cl*11 Statutoa et Toxea, b&g brtioXou 440s %a 4818’ laa.)‘eAa (Oh* 6 ~of’wtle 1L of VW- AOn’ Pea&l GodO of Tozer) to 84i: len OS furnish- horpiteiiaetion i ental suriaes to IQ visle+~lm hharebii Wo ti.116 nobhfag 14 Wko modisel preotlec, Aot rtloh grereritaa hoapftrl from hfrlSg Baa a~ moro @ ty 8ieLnato p0rr0mi p efeea lo ~ltm~tp o a io r Itit3 prtientr. In the oaai of RXIXTBLZQBE4XF80- UAL IIfoPWRbWcXASSOGIATIOH T. COMfZD BOSPX’VALB~LXIf- IO (Iilasa. OS Asp.) 6s 8-W. (84 ,3$‘%,tho oowub in ho!l&tngth a t a lanitarithe oou J malntain~a 81 4 fo% r ~~~~feasionelsuviwa render’bd by it0doltma Qo 8 p e$ ientoonffned ~oroi~end~ohadpn+i~~ye~d co pay ror 8am, aal(LI trqatimnt of a&oh person8, e8 *ill~~irfO;r miiniet*rJngto ntelmd se*40 ~011patleabar This tnetavat n88oA8bly embre8oa, rflfhfa it8 pturrlew,tho #oroloea of aaturalpsr- Honorable T. J. Crowo, Se@retery - Page 4 8~x18who pxsotloo medioin8~ The Iltatutea expreaaly authorize corporations ior 8ho 'ereotlon and mintwanoa of aanitoriuma.' R.S. aFt. 1302, aubd. 6. The aothorit~ia euah a oorporatlon to provide nudleal fneb- ;asnt to the patlantm, and to employ, for that purpose; thora poraona rho are duly lioenmed to preotfoe,madioino, Ia maaena- blr impl1.d. It i8 qultM trtu that br ar- tiols 748 of tho Penal Oade it la naado a OPT for em person to praotioe madiaim wltlihout oompfrln$ with the requiremanta prcbsoribedtn artlole 4498 of the Rorlaed aivfi s~atuka (tab l8htW el?iiale bOit%g worded tho IUW aa bzflOl0 739 oi the Peaal Code)4 but, whoa thor. roquirsnanta are mat, t&err ir nothing in the atatutsa whiail lmpLioa a prohibitian a&ain+ auah poraoa enge$ing hla aerrieea 00 another. TM&E+ ataribadroqulremOnt8 hare regard to hla aat- tbrity to graetioo medioinr, upon human bein&a, end mat ~$0 tha oharaoter ot hirea- plowr. In the y~O@O~t 0W9, th0 6Oijill Eoapital & CU.&J waa taroatad with impl,iod authority, in perl,mtA.ngita oorpordff funotions in respeot to aupplylrylme&ioal treatiRen0 to ita’petlenta, to OarplO~ th0ae. Ma think the abolr holding guthorisoe the Qooperatiro Pla%na lisapita%As@oe%aDion, prorldodti ia lawfully incorporated ~8 8 laniter‘ium, to bin phyoirrianoto render profssaional eervlo48 to lb8 pati4nt.o. room a ooimideration 0f tho MMloal Prao- tica aet and the aws oltcsd, we den find m reaatm- able basfs, under the sharter end proposed plan af I lVmo%sblo T.J. Orowe, Seerotary - Page 5 operation, for boldlng that aaa matteror 18~. the south Plain8 Cooperative B@@pital Assoolationla it- or will praotiae aadlolno. lelr graotiolng llladioine You are, theroioro, re@peotfullJradrl#d that tmder the iaota aabmittod by you, it ia oru: opinion, that a8 a nrattero? law, tba South Platru Oooperetive Hoapital Asrasia8ion 60 low am itfml- low8 it6 law- power8 author~zd by it8 ohartev, ia sot riolet$.qg tho mdiorl praetlae Aot In the mtste of Toxaa. In thla opinion wa have not pasaod upon the velidity of the ehartar of maid crmporation. we are aaeloalag the lXh lb ft8 whioh ~oou lttaohad to your requoat. Toum mry truly