OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAG
AUSTU-4
Teras State Board or Yedioan E%m.?A=s>a
Mercantile fiuildin~
Dallas, Teme
Gentlemanr
.Zl, 1940, ym repuetied
guesticn 0r the eupl-
4 of the GA.oago lied%-
V8t3 by your BOFI~~ for
ItOe~to ~MetiOO udiCb8 and
sliediaal sshcml WI& thati yeur IloarO wm.Ld
re graduatee o,f that sahool tcr exezinatlon.
Yoy further udvfse that at goW aebbing in JUXY&~ 1$40, one
graduats of tit sohool !sde app~ioatto~ TV take the Eoard
elcaminatlon, with the etatement 'that .ka had applied to take
the examlmtion prior to l&cayZl, 1980, md t~exe+foPe, was
le@lly sutitlad to take the emraf~iration. Xou &ate thet
your Bmsrd, in the belief t&et ~u~wotid have to a&-it all
L.‘
594
gradIMtO6 Or .ths ChiOa(go %OdiOd sOhO t&f bad &pplfOa
for axamfnation prior to ,May SS, 1989, to taks the examl.na~
tion, examined thin dootor.
YOU stat8 thet at thio tims you ha-I8 one amn who
graduatsd in the ame oless with this dootor, but who had
mt applied for pemieslon ta take the exaxninatlon prior
to May 81, 1939, and thet flu al60 had two others v&o ap-
>liad through raaigtoOity in lQS8, who aso not dmmnding
the privilege 0r cnp_nea.ring
b8rora the Board ror eremiaation.
Prior to it8 anmndzent in 1959, AriAale 4801,
B, s. l925, read as rollmmt
*All applicants for llasnse to graotiaa
mtllclna ln~thlrState, aat @henriee :.iO0nmd
u&Lam ths pro~l~io~ 0r lsr anut rueeecrrrtdtly
pass an exadrmtian bsfore &ie Board rd Yqlioal
IbcalQineraeetabllt+ed b;i this fnr; AppUdabt8,
to be oLi&?.ble'IeP ex8&nntion, mmt pPeacint
mtlsraotory eria+am~ to thr bom that thay ara
,910rethm twwty-ew ymr6 bf we, a‘f good
aaral ohereoter, and gmdubte~s of boaaflde,
reputableaedioal echoo~e. 8tmh se&o01 e&l.l
?KI considered reputable dthio the m&nips of
thfa law, vf+430 sntmnos rs0~r8mwt8 8na
murae org$g#&W+m are.&6 h@h a6 thwe
adopted by tii~~b6tter 01866 of nsbtaal saho0l8
or the United mites, tio*e come0 Eb irurtmio-
tlOn shall 0mbpaQo not lser than foW tom Of
eight lnontha sabh. Appliooatioa rqr ixenwaWm
muHi be mbd8 .io urltlng Mdbr tfridav%t to tb8
8boret8m af the'board, On ;fer!m p1~~r0d b
the bsard, aooorapraisd by 0 fO0 Of tMntpf 1 v0
dollam; rxoapt when an ap~tiioant de4.zwa to
praotioe obiWtrio6 alone, the far 0r whiah
shall be tiVe'dOlla~0. such cpp4ioaat ahfm
b8 @en dns notim of the date and plk8e Of
sxamlnatico l &pl~OazltU ~t0 3IW3tiO8 Ob~t8fPiOll
in ttis state, U$dn proper u&?p~ltoatl8n, shall
be examined by Lhe boaz?d ins Ob6t8triOS 0riLp~,
and upon satisSaotwy &%+mlnnstion 8haU be
llaetised to praatioe f&et branoh otiy; p-1
vlded, this shall not apply to tho~who do
not r0mm obetetrlm as a proreaaioa; and who
do :-atedVcrCi8e the$selVe0 aB ObetstZiQiaM 05
595 Ir
mldvflre8, OF hold thoauolvoa out to the publie
a8 a0 praatfslng. If any a plleaat, booamo
of rallurs to pass exatinat s on, bo refused's
llasnss, he or elm &all, at suoh time ae the
Ijoard of Idadl.oalWamlners shall. Six be per-
nltted to talcs a aubaaquent examination upon
suah subJacts required in ori&ml exsmkmtlons
as the aald board may presoribo, upon the pay-
mnt of such part of twenty-fit0 dollar6 a8
the maid board any detedne and rt+tie( an4
said board ma t, 329.the srent 8qtlsfaatox-y
gradsa ehall Q mide in the rubj8ots prottoribod
and taken ln suoh ro-oam.minatl6~grant to tho
lp>liaant lloormo to praotloo madlolno.a
Aftor amendment b
4501, Vornon*s Rqvlsod Giti 1
aALLagplieanta for lla&o to~praatloi
awdlolna in th'lqmate lat otbmlrr~ lloonmd
under tho ~rW8l:ozm of l.ar~oatmtwo$om&txlly
pm~~;wialnatlon. By. the *z-d of Mdbal
The Board lu authorissedtordopt
and onrol?kutela oi prooo&ue not lneomlrtont
with the etatutory reqnireamnt& Applioantr
to bo el&iblo for aqu&mtion must bi olti-
zdlu Qi the Vnitod Stat00 ad HMt gl'$WOnt
atlataotory c&dew6 to $?J!J~MwU&.t'thoy
are ‘aore than taanty-oaei (RI) yean or age
of good moral olielrabtor,wha,haro oomplotoi
rlxty (60) 'semester hours oi salloge oouruea,
other than in a medioal sohobt, whle& (lows08
would be aeeegtablo, at time ef aonpleting
tmao, to tho University of lWzas 100 orodit
on a Bachelor OS Arts l&yes or a Bachelor
of Solenae .Ikqmo, and wha are @aduatea of
boaa fide reputable acsdioal so&mla~ a reputable
medloal school shall maintain a 0our80 of in-
8trUCtiOn Of not bW3 thaA fbUF (4) teXl?I0 Of
eight (8) months eacrh; shall glee a oourae of
instruction in the fundamntaf. subjeots na~ted
fn Artlola 4503 of the Bevlsed Civil Stetutes
or TSXW of 1935, as mended by this Aot; at+
Toxae Stat0 Baakd of lfedloal llxemlnqm, Page 4
shall leave tho noooseary tea&& roroe, and
possess and utlllee laboratorlse,oqulpmoat
and faoflities for proper lnstruation in ali
of said subjeats. Appllcatlms for examlna-
tion mist be made in writing,verifiedby
affidavit, and filed with the Seerotary of
the Board, on tows preasorlbod by the Board,
acoompanled by o roe of ‘J&en+flvo Dollars
(&=)a All appl1oont.o lhell b e $lvon due
notioe of the dato aad plaoe of ouoh emmine-
t10ll. Prodded further that all etudimto
regularly enrollad in nodloal eahoole rhceo
gmduatota are now peraittod to take tho modl-
calora?ninatlon now proeqribod by law 'ln thle
State lhall upon eompletlon of their modiaal
oollogo aaureee be vmntltted to tako the ox-
a&tatioa proearlbodbetolu.
*Xt any rpplloant beoauuo or islluro to
paee~tho r~pulred smm&mtloq, e&U bi ra’o-
Sueed l llo o lt~, ho er she, at 6ueh tlm $I
,the.l¶mrdof &UW?il ~Jkax&We *ay fix, shall:
be pemltt6Q to take,a eubrequontaxa?a.lnatloa,
upon auoh subjootr required in the original
oxamlwtlon au the Beard may priyerlbe, up-on.
the pm nt o? '&u(rh
‘partbf .%hntydim Del-
lam &)ae tie I)oant~ruy&otor&ee&d
etato. In tho @ant eatlefaotQ~ $rpdoe Shall
bo inado In the sp&jeoots proearlbed and.ta&ki
on suoh PO-mminatlou, the Bcnrd away @ant
to tho applloaat P ltoense to praotiee medl-
alno. TheI Board shall dstarmino tho 0mait te
be given sxmrdnsb8 ou tho onewere turned in
on the eubjeote OS ouapleteand partial ox-
adnation, and its Ilsoleionthereupon shall
be final."
Under the expreea provislane of the law (both be-
Sore and arter wxmlm.nt) the Board aaanot lawfW.ly exemlne
one who graduated from a medlaal achoslwhichwae not a
*reputable msdlcal sohool”. Obviously, the character of
the eohoolat the t+ the applioant attended and grab-ted
therairom oontrols. The rsputublonese of the maeal eohoof
prior to or subsequent to fba,attendanae and graduation oi
the appllaant is not in %saue.
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TexM stqx Bofardof Yedioa1 BxamiMFI, Pag8 5
::a,
Xmther a mdloal sohool, et the time of tha
attondanoe and greduetlon of en applioent ror exenination
by the Board, wea "re9utabls" , pr43selltea questicn or raot
to be Ueter!C.ned by the Board in coniorollty with the pro-
I’ visions of tfie stztiite. If the Eiosrd detemines that
the uedlcal sahooP, at the time or tha attandems and
sraduetion of a0 applicant for Uoense, me not *reputable*,
It must, under the far, refuse to weeIns the epplicent.
If the eohool in faot we8 hot *rsputablsw at the time of
the attendanoe and graduation OS the applicant, the
foot that the Board previously nay h,are examined, erro-
aeously and in vIoletIon 01 the statute, other psrsolu.
attending and graduetlng frora the rahoolet the earns tti
aa applloant does not eatebl&ah the right of tha epplI-
cant to be eramined. ho applloant wIl1 be ~rmIttedto
IusIat that beoauso another ma Illagellp examIas6, ha
also must bo eooorded en ex8mlnatIon in violation nor the
‘!: law. A atetute may not be amended by repeated vlolatioha
a,,- or its proYlrlons.
Tha len~uege ai the amendad aat, wprotIded fur-
5; ther that all 8tuUrnts rqgular4 enrolled In medioal
sohools rfrow graduate6 are now psrmIttad to take the
nd&oal examination now prenorlbed by lew in this State
upon oampletlon 05 their mdfcel college oourees.be par6
mitted to -8 the exaaIhatIon prseoribed herain,* wma not
Intended to perpatueta tha mbtakea of tha Boerd. The
Intent OS the provl~, 8OnsIde~Iag the atetute aa a -10,
Is to prevent the ~amendnent from operatine; ratroeot.Ivalp.
It aImply oontsuplater that the alIgIbIlIty for the awlha-
tion of applicant8 ~who graduated from or err studmte in
mdloal sohoole at the time of the paseaee of the aaaad-
ment ahell be deter&nod under the provIsiona of the aet
as It read prior to ths.emeedmnt. Sea our opinloo No.
S-1556.
we trust thet the foregoleg sufficiently enswore
your Inquiry.
Yours very truly
ATTOR~RY CEFSrWJ.OF TEXAS