OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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membsra of 8ii@o~metl~a, end bho namea
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reaidai$ieao,ftbow who em to aarvo
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stook and Shell A4E M ~eI'etiaa,SOr'~Otit,
but arlloi ita~opsra(;ioaaaima kf@r Wu
matmel bwotita of %@a mweboro.*
bs8unioC( that aaoh eerporetion we8 duly
end lawfully i.noorporstrd for bhcpurpoao wma(l in
its oharttm, w! *ye oeraPul;g •~~~~?~o~~~~@
pmotfuo Pot! of th%a’stiate,’ (@h. 6 9r TZtla Yl SD
Yerwn*s Cl*11 Statutoa et Toxea, b&g brtioXou
440s %a 4818’ laa.)‘eAa (Oh* 6 ~of’wtle 1L of VW-
AOn’ Pea&l GodO of Tozer) to 84i:
len OS furnish- horpiteiiaetion
i ental suriaes to IQ visle+~lm hharebii
Wo ti.116 nobhfag 14 Wko modisel preotlec,
Aot rtloh grereritaa hoapftrl from hfrlSg Baa a~
moro @ ty 8ieLnato p0rr0mi p efeea lo ~ltm~tp o a
io r Itit3
prtientr. In the oaai of RXIXTBLZQBE4XF80-
UAL IIfoPWRbWcXASSOGIATIOH T. COMfZD BOSPX’VALB~LXIf-
IO (Iilasa. OS Asp.) 6s 8-W. (84 ,3$‘%,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-
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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 ~$0 tha oharaoter ot hirea-
plowr. In the y~O@O~t 0W9, th0 6Oijill
Eoapital & CU.&J waa taroatad with impl,iod
authority, in perl,mtA.ngita oorpordff
funotions in respeot to aupplylrylme&ioal
treatiRen0 to ita’petlenta, to OarplO~ th0ae.
Ma think the abolr holding guthorisoe the
Qooperatiro Pla%na lisapita%As@oe%aDion, prorldodti
ia lawfully incorporated ~8 8 laniter‘ium, to bin
phyoirrianoto render profssaional eervlo48 to lb8
pati4nt.o.
room a ooimideration 0f tho MMloal Prao-
tica aet
and the aws oltcsd, we den find m reaatm-
able basfs, under the sharter end proposed plan af
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lVmo%sblo T.J. Orowe, Seerotary - Page 5
operation, for boldlng that aaa matteror 18~. the
south Plain8 Cooperative B@@pital Assoolationla it-
or will praotiae aadlolno.
lelr graotiolng llladioine
You are, theroioro, re@peotfullJradrl#d
that tmder the iaota aabmittod by you, it ia oru:
opinion, that a8 a nrattero? law, tba South Platru
Oooperetive Hoapital Asrasia8ion 60 low am itfml-
low8 it6 law- power8 author~zd by it8 ohartev,
ia sot riolet$.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