Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

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Dr. N. D. Buir, Mrmbrr
State Board of Medloal Exaahw6
Pm?lin, Texas
Dear sir:
Opinion No. O-866
lb: IabwQr~tatloa Artio1atI
'4Soo.4 land&m&R+
+ vi#O~darYil statut*m.
Y.
Touz nqueot for a ooaatraetloa oftha 8bo70
of.oar Ruio4d~OiviL6teta~o 00 thy @itut
tiqno eatlined Irr.
ymr latter, ha8 braa rarrlv-
0 b*partuat*
Art&lo 16, 8eotlon 31 of th* Tsrao Constito~
tiea proviusa tkaOr
*Tha La irlstarrrasypa00 lauo pnoeribl~
the quellftt
oabfonr of ~lgraotlbion*ro
Of nrdisino
in thto edatr and to puntoh paraoao Tar malprac-
tioe,"
Dr. 8. D. Bule, June 1, 1939, Page 2.
The Iagialsture has axpreeard its daoire in
Artlole 45C1, F&vised Cirll Statutes, by rorblddlngthe
Board to Iooue a lioensa to a paroon..rroaanother state
that lmslonly a llmited lioense in tha atat lioenslng
him.
The 1laIt to the 1ogIelatIrapower to Inpoor
oondltlcm upon the ri t to praetioa madioIna Ia tti.t
thay ba raaoonabla. Ii? Corpus hr., p. 1068.
Dr. x. 2. Dule, Juca 1. 1939, pS@ 3
der the provlsloneof 'WI16 law: Cur ststuteaon the
practiceof medicine provide two sathods of securinga
license tc prectiaeaedicina In this state. Article
&fiOO,Revised Civil Statutes, deals with reciprocalll-
cenaa eranted by the Soerd of tiedloal3xamlnere. It eets
forth the requIremeat and conditionsneoeeearyfor 6uoh
llcea6e6 to arplicsztsnot required to take tha emmlna-
tlon of the Board of Modfoal Examiners. The Leglslatur6
in Art1016 &501, Revlsrd Clril Statutes, Iotand6dto and
did set forth $he r6quir6mantoof those psreona deairlna
to praatice medicine In Tffa6 on 6xaminatlon by the Board.
VhIls the words ot law are u66d. w6 think the Legi616turs
andoubtodlyr6frmto aoi thla law" for lt I6 a pnlir-
inary ptatrlrsntto lattlng out She r~@ramank ot oa ap-
lleantior ,thr..examlnatloa-Ah6.~athrr.a6thod -oflo6ur-
a SIaraoo..~
..It lo :a .pl* .oi.the aua 86t. -.Aaeokb-
lloil64ml6 of oonotruotl@a'i8 4rd62 to omlvo at
fhat,-,sa
l.propor,oonotrmtion -of-a l~otutr,~:ond~
datumlaa tlu ox-
1ogl6latI~o~Int8at, aU~.aoto.-em4..pwto :4 rloto la poxi
malaria'til-,thoraroro $‘.bo
taken,:ma4 .an4 aoahtmwd
toerthor,+6h lnootaut ln roforonoo to theothar,as
thoughth*y.rorr,~rtof-thc6mmclau. 860 39.%X. @r.
pp9 2!4-255;.. ,. -
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htiCl6 i&i; &BtiOtibt 6iVir, 8t6tUt66, r66it68
th6t th6 appli66nt 6h611-haY6 Otxt~ (60).l6t666t6r
hours oi
collagr a4ur668, othor 'Mumin a madloal86ho41, whloh
oou~osbwould be aoorpt8b1e,.attLletia6 Of 04ap1oti3I&
same to the Unloar6Ityof Texas ior aradlt on a Baoh6lor
0f Art6 or Baahelorof SOi6Qoa mgF6a. It does not.oay
when aaid oouro66~6h6ll b6 tak6n nor aocuplct6d,
bat r6qUir64
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m. h'.D. Yule, June 1, 1939, PePege
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only that they be acceptableat the time @i corllplatlon OF
8aia.e.The etatute does not authorize your Board to asks
a requirementas to when the aoarae8 shell be Completed,
If they ere eooeptable(1sand when required by thlt erti-
010.
Th5.samendseatdoes not forbid asdical sohools
meking such entranoerequiranenteas thaydeslre, but in-
eofer as the state law is applioablr they don not here to
maintain the requirementsof Artiole 4501, Rwlsrd Citll
statutes,ar it rsed prior to its sasadtaaat by thr Forty-
~alxthLsglalaturs. Artlol4.4~1,R4rlrddCivil 8tatotrr,
4s aaeadad, hsr~ad~ra46``-``..````-ld4atlaal 4rtlal4
'aad#a riquinlP4dt4.oi.that~.r4at~a~a~ a4 Jn lr .ti4-
84h4&4:6f tha.ntata. al e tha
tory ap0n tb``aedlo43
lnteatlon orthe Iagialatura may~‘not ..iutr’ bea to..,parmlt
the oollqgr Nw4lt to be +aqalra4,4t cay tlsm, n ,baaaot
fha any -barl~
$0~ any obhw aonerytlon. .~ :
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AriA.03~.
4300, RatiaaaClvii m&t**, prior--k4
its rsoaat a~ndm~t,~suthariteB``:````l``6acs 03 a 1lcmRsr
uadrr sfs$q raoiprooal.a~0gamdtzZs~.ta:~ raduatesof .sepu-
tsble medloel.sohools and oth~rmmeQ~.l.Pasatiates. The
tmisraq the llobrmawas not ra-
dkoreflon``of``t.hs~Woard
&rioted to grednates'ofmediaalscho0l.sof the United _
States: Your letter indioates~bhat``hehlsCory Of the
Board shows that srplioantsfrom non-aitiaeasand fora5.g.a
schools were givea the axea&aatlon. Artio~le1301,~Revlea&
3.. 7
2:. &. Euia, June 1, 1939, Fz&ta
5
Civil Stetutes,as now written, has .no territorial11:dt.
Far D sound me rewomble conatrudtlonwe muat lock to
the act prfor to Its smerdsasnt and to ths history of the
EOard’s constructionof thet article. Fe do not find
that the Board hss heretofore read any territoriallItit
into this article. Insofar as.that pheee of the article
Is oonoerned,ns think the aecaniagof the statute Is
clear and an attempt to reed into It “of the United Etetes-,
would be plaoiag an unrrasoaableconstruotionon that
portion oi.the statute, especiallyIa view of the past
wordbg and tL?rhilrto``o``~4ts.~oon8trdo,tlga.
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3i&l4tUX4 i&l-.alla.@ting
':"T#iq Artlalr&.,.d'ld
not ;oii::i~t~..``~S~--4``````:``:``````hq-4p``t,t``t
takq ths,:djrai&jatiloai
:-Ctf-.thrf-‘graaaate aaplr t&lag .tbr
rxaadaatfo’hha:tskst4hr-:dek ~f:~:t~o&agawre ~rigUl..'eaem
‘a’
la6tloa~whea.badoer taba it. B~.adnnot~saourri::a llOa$W
without taking the ex&minatXea;aad in that wsy,the pub110
18 protected. tie Legislatureeatabllahedthe right la
a grada.atato take the examination,by abmpletio&oi the
courses of approved schools;~riaos~;thay.~did not.~bsta time
limit w4 caaaot read.aooh a rrqulrs~at~.~:into~.;.thr~‘titstute.
In our opinion yuur Boerd osanoQ rsqulre the ei~mlastlonto
be taken immediatelyor wIthIn a year after grsduation.
E6 do not construe the aentsnca quoted to have
any restrIctIonae to evidence of oitlzenehip, We think
wa have sufficiently~dstrsiladour oonstructlonof~thisar-
Er. N..0. Buie, June 1, 1939, Page 6
t1c1e, with relation to terrltorlalliznltatlon.The Sal-
tence quoted on gags 3 cannot, In our opinion, limit the
exenlnationto applicants of medical schoolsof the United
?t%tdlS.
~a-now considaryour questionNo. 5 aa .tothe
authorityof the Board to raf'ussapplicantsparmission to
take the examinationbaoausa th¶y lack evidsnosaf citl-
zanship In this country.
**Residentaliens are ~sntitledtc the enjoy-
ment of many personal and property rights and
.
m. :T.2. Bule, June 1, 1939, Fags 7
prlvllepes, lnclu@lng usually the rlehts to an-
cape in ``lnful occupbtlon, to the 88`` extant
as cltlzens". See Anton v. Van Fix&la, 297 Fed.
340.
27 TYX. J~.~I.Ic??~.FEs,
SEC. 25, P. 874:
"In the snactmeat of lioansa lam, the
atnta must obaarve the aqua1 'protaotlon'
oleuse
of,ths ImUral Constitution,whioh oorresponds
to the provision of the.Conntftutionof.Texas
guarantse~ equalityof r#hts to all persons.
The guarantyOS the FotiteenthAaentiant,irap-
plloable.%oall personswithin the territorial
jurisdlotlohef the ihte,~.inoludlng~all~r.~
Tit;t&i "any rsoa* a0 tt88aiIl'thek&treabh
Amsntimt has bean aonrtmer to l@ude ?f$mr.
Traux Y. Rsioh 60 L. Ed. ,131~.
Golrer t;',8kefiington,..ab~,:~d.:;
'p.,
TK
~Wi1.ssllan8.ari,notaitr8a3i’o:$ix it.tie prirft-
~l~rgar~oidtlcenr; ruoh as tis right td~ioqs;,to.hoXd@fb
rloe or aa9 ar;a~.gaardian~'oi:ilnor~i
..~..``~r~-itdqnd;rd..``~'.'
tharit to .support4he de@al.o$the.rlgk$ .4i$
'ti&r;~%&
ua lsa $ lx&ainationbeoaas?. oflrok ,@ ;``&d~Wia~ ‘y$ti<%``~
srnshlp;~ ~’ :..
‘X8 thsre a reammbla besir ior.i~&sltlsaticm
hare?.
*Xt I8.agwiiral.rale~-*h&t
laglilation
r whioh arirotralLPnoaa 8l%k``:jSnrsu$a&)``~.
,sa%eooeugatlon,andrr,.the~
~rame:$ondIij&n#
.i8~:
not 8uah~ola88legirlat~onas Is-~prohibltrd
by
eoasltutlonelprorlrionr~i~--6~,C;4;,:~p.
399.
Ju&flastloa-of :o;Las#Uioation~does
roquirr
.thatIt not be arbitraryor imreatiotible,
bWb&sed u on
a real ar.sabatantlal
dlfrerenorEaring rslatioa:tot,il
subjeot.of thr ,@nbianlar lmotmmt.
The.Legislaturehss attemptedto establisha
alsss of parsonsentitledto take the aradiodl
exain5.natloa
Dr. X. D. 318, June 1, 1939, Fags 8
based not upon their quelifloatione,but upon citizenship.
Artlole 4501 arbitrarilydenies pereons lacking Oitizsn-
ship the opportanltyto prove to the setiafectionof the
Eosrd the reputablllltyof the school iron which they grad-
usted. The nfitureand extent of the quallficetlonof the
applicant to practice medicine 1s the oonstltutlonalbasis
of the stats*8 right to raqulre a lloense of the members
of the mediaal profession. To arbltrerllysay yoa oannot
prove your quallrIoatloneto praotic4 meaiclna beoeus4 you
are not a citizen of ths Cnlted Etetes, in our opinion,,
Ie a denial of our constitutionalguarantiessnd there Is
no reaaoneblerelation batwan this requirement,and the
class It attempts to oreate.
lminers~sha.~ 1100,ariderthe pmWi8iOM .oi&-
tlalr L500, grant a llarnscito preotle~ medtalse
to any applie8nt *oar auj&irity to praaflos
sa~dlolnein any other aat$onor countrywas
pr. 19.D. Buls, June 1, 1939, Page 9
granted by a nstlon or ccuntry, in *v%lcha aim-
ilar law in rersrsnca to grantI* license to
practice medicine under a reciprocalarranga-
sent doe8 not exist In iavor of physloianeof
this State."
Tha applicantrrfarrad to ie not eireoted by
the rsquiremantmade in Artiola f,SOOafor he is llarnssd
by ths atatr of New York. This articla airsot onl~.li-
centlataeof other *nations and countrlsawand not of
"atat0B". The authority of the. Eoerd to isaua him a ll-
oansa is bard on Artlolo &OO, Rariesd Civil statut~r,
and tha artiola qaotwl above brsrr no rrlatioa to thfr
rppliaant., ..
W8 trtlet tJlrrruu*(lm dll aurirt foa in ad-
sltiiatorlng
tha 1~ aada? fhr rmaadrd artlalar 4500,
450Ck, 4501v, and 45%