Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorrbla f. Stanlr~ Wrl@t, YIabrr
Taxaa EIoarO OS Ch&roprrotl0 Bzmlnrra
Litthrmd miidiry
Auatln, Taxaa
Dear Sir:
a Kim’11
Your oplnlon rrguart v rl 4, 1944, rrada aa
followr:
A(Al
8dviara
and tbr
axtraaaly bury In working out
*a, rrgulatlona and Coda or JthiO8
ram1 examinatIona ana ha8 lloanard
over OM thouaand ChIropractora in thr paat aI=
aontha. Up until ramntly, (he Boar4 ha8 had no
tlma to work out amoura of lnfo r o a a a nt
a 8 pro-
vldr d in tbo Aot, nor had it tiar to find and aa-
ploy a lultabla Suparvlaor of Chiropraotlo aa
prodded lo SeetioE 1 (1) ot tha Aot. Aa tha
Board oontrmplatrd It would take awaral month8
for a Suparvlaor to oovw the ontlra rtetr chro. -
Ing thr Chlropraotom, tbr mad took upon Itaalt
Honorable J. Stanlet Urlgbt, pee 2
to OttOlId tha vrriow dlatrlota mart-8 and
to adTier the p?o?aaalon what the baard would
lIW lt. The Baud dourd lt hot on1 WitkIn
it8 authority to do thlr wrk WhIti i t au&d-
arod WQ.?‘TiBO~ work but brllatad it to be the
-rd.* dutt te 61VO the proiraaion an OppOortun-
lty to know what would be requlrad ot It. Ibe
Board felt it oouta lnawar~qaortloru eonaomlog
ChIropnatio at #iera watlnga batter than it
oould by lottrr or other mana of o-Ioatlon.
With th r lbova in elnd, ravarrlmubara of
tb Board hvr attended thrw dlstrlot 8aotio&a
during tb8 part thirty daya and hrr baked Sor
thalr per dlrr and traroll~ rxpanaaa oa proridrd
for In Sootion 2 or the Aet.
“QuratIonI Arr the Board jkmkra 8ntItl~a
to wf ?or tla8 aad traveling rrpmaaa In tha
porromnoi of tha work abovm drsorIbed?a
Pa ua atatrd In our O~lnlon Iio. O-5761, the a~pro-
rlatlon fbr tb, Board 0s QIro raotlo txaalnara la 00tattha
! II Saotion 2 of ArtIolr (5124, P . A. C. 9.. rather thqn in tha
mualar eppropriat ian bllla. Ulth raapaot to tba purpoaaa ror
rhloh luoh appropriation may be Pad, thla 3aotIon providoa:
The Traaaurar ahall
koe the 8amo
la a ~;&&o fund to be @aid iE pa tha ooaea-
lary lrpanaaa ot the Board, whlab uy JY nOlad OX-
p8nsea imarred for thr ldranorant On4 rdaoation
of all lIoann~a under thla Aot and mrcrcaauit by
tha barb oi tha prorlaloru of thla Aot, the am
of the ExoautIro sr a r a ta r l ad a per diea oi Ten
y,
Dollara (tl0) to laeh umber of the Baud iOr aaoh
tlm aa la actual&y ape& in the dIochar6o of Or-
fIoIal datiea, plua tnvslIn8 axpwa88 ot Wn Canta
(log) par rile . . .*
under tbr Cbimpraotio Aat t&a Board ia sntmatod
with the duty or oarryiag aut the prWIdOm oi tb Aot, and,
in ssctica i(g) thweor, IO elvan tha po-r to prraerlbo wla!.
ra@atlona and bylaw8 for ehi8 PUrpOW. Aa wa Pndrretend tb
raota aktod In your lottar, the ambarr of the Board brva at-
tmdrd abrad local urtinaa of ohIrolpotora tot thr wma
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of loq6~lmtIug the m*rr o? tar pro?aaaIoa with their
dutla8, powBra ~ml prl~ll8grr antler t& Aot.
Since par, a~ ropriatloa la not ooatriaad la th
dapBrtuntal lppmprLt l on bill, the C[mrral rldu rhloh
rohlblta tha pa-at o? lx p 8na aIacurrrd
a at a wmt8atIon-
1a I~ppllaablr b toor lituatlon, and your purstloa mat b8
answered by 8onal4uI~ dathar or not tha attrndanol of th
wabara o? th IWar4 at three aratinga wsa In tb dlaobarg8
ot their o??IoInl autlaa. Anoat other thinga, the Board la
obara8d vdth tha datlea 0r 8xamInIng and llcrnain6 OhhOpmO-
tora, appm~l~t! sad Olaaaltfl~ their ld~eatlonal Instltutlong,
r8VOMOg llcrnaoa ?or +IolatIoaa or the Act, and lnitlati~
OrIlinBl proaaautlona under aooh Act. frpllol t throughout
‘thla le(Ialatioa la a r8ocgaItloa that tb Boer4 la ohamad
with the cQutIr8 o? lr o o r ta inls uhatherg thr nmbara o? the
prQfraalOn or8 oonfomlog to tha tarma oi tha Aot and of sea-
lag that the members do so contom. Mubarr o? ttm Board oan
olalm par tllar pay and mIlaaao for lttondanca at tha zaatlnga
In quartion only I? laoh lttandenor bran a raaaonabl8, aub-
atantlal and direct relation tc the dlaobargs of these dutlaa.
Zo irrl that thla r8qulrurnt baa bo8n mat. For tha Act t
oparatr In a propor ?8ahIoa, It I8 nroraaary thst thr mu&u8
of tha profraaloa ba acquaint84 both rlth thr apaolflo terms
of the Act sod wltfz the polloloa, nil*8 an4 regulatIcin8 8bloh
the Bcaxd haa ldopkd andor aaoh Aot. The ##88OsinBtIOn o?
auoh In?ormtIon rwld aa to ?a11 well within thr dutlaa of
the BMti. In TkW O? thr naWB800 O? t&a Chiro~tBOtiO Act,
thr large nambu o? raotltlonora who zaat br loqoaIntrd with
Ita provlalona aad WIth the nxba 884 ra&atiOB8 Of th8 Board,
and tha mnlfbst advanlagra ot bpartlm au& Iarorm3tIon and
dlaouaaIryl it at n8tInda o? mabore o? ttu prof8aaIon, wa ?a81
that thr lttrmlanea ot moabara o? tha EWard at ruoh la~tlnga for
the pwpoara atead In four lattrr la a r8@aanabla wthod of
alaoh~lly a portion o? the dot188 o? thr Eward aad that suoh
aatho4 contrIbatao aubatantIB11 and directly to th8 dlsoha%l)
o? auoh dutlaa. Tour ~aatlcm 1 a th~nlon aaanratl ln tha af-
rlrle tin.
Tnut* that th8 ?or8goia(l Ip14 afmwora tour
Inquiry, we are
Tours trr$ tlvlf
ATTOasT ClLEzAL cp T3x.A.s
Bj (a) R. Dean !horhaad
Ass 18-t