Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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enoh examinationA. If th0 d6~EtAWlt iA lW&r-
Ad t0 dArrAY th6 AXpAMA iOr 8U6h 6XIIIIIIPPtlOLI8
there i8 A0 BOW60 irO& Uhi6h the IAOASY IAAJ b6
derived 6xOSpt fzoplthe itLO0 m6mberahip fAe
paid by ths m6mbiw.
"Ii A WIAbU COUId ApplY rOX A di6AbilitY
exwlnation at no owt to tbm mAmbAr, It ir pos-
Sib16 that AUSO~OU8 FAqU68tS iOrr AXU&BAtiOA8
might be roaeivoU rherm therm is lltth probe-
billty that the y#0rs@n i8 ~ayl*IXtly disabl.6
aab *h&r0 swh an InUivldual wuld probably not
mqu48t~aa. uwiaation is t&muamU.aatioo is to
b A$ h i8
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"In view Of the abevo fA8tA, it l.A poSA%-
bls that tha epuAtion 0rthA Bystea 00uld be
rath8r 88r1OWfj, iopaiM& ir the %APd Of m-
to68 id8 =quhtd to 0~ PAPUA 8~ 0r mr
AanUAllJ onm6eIloAl exad.n8ti0n8. It Is bA-
OAPBA or this problem W&at our dqmrtmat is
rAqu68ting this optpion."
Sootion $3, tib8AtitioA S of haate Bill Ho. 47,
&ts at the Ifit& Legislatun, J&+lar SAssitaa, a~ umnde&
by &at&Xl t,, ~UbbsAiltiOll
3 Of kUSA Bi1.l a. loI& A&S Oi
the Portpsevsnth LsgislAtiwA, RA&U Sassion, reads as
fQpA#S:
“wpQn tha ~pfi%OAtiQli or 8 meaboc et 0r
his wp%op3P or hi8 lO@. IlrrpmBMtA~iVa AOtbg
in hi6 b&Al*, any m6BbAr dk0 ha6 kAd tU6Aty
(SO) or mn6 y6ar6 of sr6ditAbl8 66nioA leay
be rAtircM by #AA Btatr %Ard 0r TrUlltAAs, QQt
168~ than thirty (80) and not mor6 ~&AA niaet8
(PO) days next ZOllOwigs the date Or firi= SWh
AppliOAtiOA, OI1A &isabillty PStimMt AllOW-
anos, provide4 that ths Pe6isal BoarU, after a
rnAU$OAl 0xAIEIaAtlan of 8UohiAMMlber?,8bAl.l oar-
tify that AUAh mabAr i8 mAAt&lf OF phtS%Od-
l~.@OApAclitAtAd for the fUrthAr p6r%%a~AU09 ai
duty, that 6u6h iAOApAAitf i8 likely t0 be par-
aanent, And that AU& member Ahould b6 X6tislsd.R
siwt1an 5, SubsAoticm 5 or tinal; m.ll )Lo* +'I,
SAPgLel*
aAaaund6d by aottdn E;, kbsiwattoa 8 Ar Hawe Bill
2x2
Huaomble Kortia~r &Own, PagA 8
NO. 1016, EUPFA, I'AAdS, iA PAZ%, AA fOliOWIt
"q~noe eaoh ysar du~iag the first Sive
(6) yawa followiag retirement et A mea~!;oroa
A tllaabllitymtimaeat ~Uow8no0, pnd oaoe
in Avsry three-ywc period themAfter, the
State Borrd 0r &wtees may, and open hia Ap-
$ft;;tiOn shall, tiqtirA any 4iSAbility ~AAA-
rho hAs not yet attafnd the age of
sixty "v 60) years to uadergo a aediealAzuaiea-
tion, Auoh sxarabation Ii0b6 aAd at the plats
0r resldenoe 0r said benf4fiAiary or Any other
plaaA AiuttilJ A&l'AAd UpOS, by A phySiAirn Or
phyAioiAM dAAi.gMtAd by the &Ate Baird of
:'rwteeA. &hould any dieability bemiloilrJ
who has not yet attained tb -6 of 8ltif (60)
years rarwe to vubait to at lemt oae r*4lcril
eianilnatloa in any swh puiods by A physioian
or ~hysloS.um dOSi@&At88 by the 8tate Bard
or austaos, Us ~llwuro* oh&U be dimon-
timed Wtir hf8 Witkh'aWd Or BUOh MfW(L1,
and should his retusd 0ontLoru ror oat3 year,
at1 his rights In aad to his ~llOw~aoa shill
be revoke8 by t&o 8ktA Baud Oz TrAste8s."
Seotlon 6, Subaootioa 18 or senate Bill xo. 49,
supm, AA ~aAnded by Sootion 3, subsection 12 of %uso
Bill Xo. 1016, Aupte, rMd8 AS folloust
"'(18) 'Ihs8tAtO %Ati
Of 'flll8tOW *ball
dASi@lAtA o MAdiOdl be ~OmpOW& of
&Ard to
three (3) physiAlans aot eligible to p~rtlai-
pats in ths Ratlreaant Bystcm. The phy~slei~as
60 appointed by the Stats Board or TmatAes
Shdi ba 18gAny qUAiifiO& t0 prAOti~A0 Adi-
oine in TOXAS and 8hall be phJ8iolsmI;fr~od
8tanaind ti the mdiall pmr98sm.
quired, other physloiaaa may be employed to
mport On SpOeid OAS118. The hdiml Board
shall pa88 upon All mAdioA1 wm&&at5.ona m-
quimd under the ~ltOVi81AAll Or this iLet, and
shall invA8tigatA all sA8entiAl StAt8IWatS dad
oertifloat88 by 08 ea b6hAlr of A aua&r Of
AOIUWAtiQn With Aa AppZiOAtiAn rOr diSAt&&ity
mtimeat, aati shall mport in writiag to th*
Stat8 fj@,rd O? %uSt@‘,8 it8 AAatiwfAn rtnd rs-
0mndation upon all th8 mot&em miarmd ts
It.*
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nmorable I;;ortl.mar
Brown, Paga 4
,
Saation 6, SPbaaatiOll 9 of samto Bill No, 49,
aupra, as amended by Seotion 9, hbsootioa 9 Of &ma8 Bfll
No. 1016, supra, reads as follows:
“‘(9) %bbjsot to the llmltationa Q tai8
hot, tha St&, Boar0 oi Tmatoea shall, frpm
time to the,: aatabllah ~&WI and ragulatMn8
for eligibility of~romberrhlp and im tha ad-
lninlatratian of tha funQ8 oav8tad bJ this &et
and for the tran0aatlonet 108 buaineaa.w
AII aamination 02 Section 5,~ Gubrre~atlon 5 ef
Seaata Bill No. 49, as mumbd, SANTA, revaala that mS4
sootion is silent as to t&a dat8Qa oonaar~&ngtha rdiaal
rroainrtion of a mmbar who iire his applioatien ibr 8
diubflity ratlxwuen6 allwama. &aid 8oation #&$ PxwSd88
*that the EmIloal Board, mr a modioal mAr4lmtlen of
woh mbex, shill oortity th a t
luob aoaber is mtollr 0~
phjsioally inoapaoitated. . . rad that auah ma~b8~'8hould
ba retiredrm %bere appwrr te be nothing in the Tuohar Ra-
tlrewnt Aot rhioh requixwa the @adtodL BoarCa to aotrully
rake these maai6& axaainatian8. ?t&a Aat 8aama to nq&ra
only that *lbe XeBioal Board shall uj?on au sodiml
exa8i5$aptlonamaqulmd under the pr 8 Of tihhi8kOt.*
(Underiw3ring .oura)
It la our oplniom, ba8aU upon tho akrra pwka
wctlcna & the Aat, that the Board af %uatao8 01 t&
Z'kaeher Rqtirmeat Spatam ma$ ptaatigata nilas ``oq~i~i.ag
l aamber, &kkflli~@ an applioatian ior Bia d.isclhil.ity
ratlrement allowame, to aoeaapany with his l pg&lortlo~
a phy6ialan~a aartiriaate or oertiflo*taa eo~taiming 8uah
InrorAatlon as the Board 0r Tru8teaa say Taquire OOAMTll-
ing auoh mamber*a mental or phy8ioal aoaditlon.
V!ewish to point ortt that as to ahf8 parti08lar
stedicdl eramlnatlon tha A& la allant as to tba authority
of the hard of Trusteesto deoignate tho l roe!in%ngPBfSi-
oian. %a note that Submotion 5, Section 8 of S+aattt Fit11
No. 43, aacraendad, mpra, 8peeliioally protide that, a8
to subsequent wdioal axaminatIo111, thS Beard of %aStaW
ahall designate the examinbg phfaioiaM. lQ#Jrn``, 6iAOO
the ht expressly provided that the Rmrd of Tmateaa should
daaignate the axacnining phfaioiror, in OM inatawa but i8
silent on this netter as to the eramination rrquind b
S\rbtjeetion 5, tiO%viOn 3 Of %SltAtO Bill EBO-.491, a* AWML,
lmra, wo aonolu& that tha Board of %W8taaa haa 010 aimor-
&ty to deadwet% the ~,X~ni~ phpiOi8.A tS3h&m 8&6h mOdha
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Honorable Xortimer Brown, Page 5
exaAlJJation 88 la required in 3ubsect1on 5, %otion 3 of
senate Bill No. 47 air amendod, supm. Gvter*r , should tha
Board of Trustees be d1ssatiail~d with the medioal report
of the camber's phyeioian, the board has the authority
under Seotion 6, kbseotion 12 of Senate Bill MO. 49 aa
amundad, supra, to employ its own physician to make an-
other med~loal examination of t&a member.
ii;*rind no provision in the Act whlah oodld ba
eonstrued as giving the Board of Qustees the authority
to da$~rmlne the maximum amount that a physioian shall
ohargaca member for a Aedioal ercrainatlon. It Is our opin-
iOA, tharefora, thet the Board 0r Tmateea 15 pot empowered
to determine tha aiaxinuu amount that a phyaioi0amay 4harm
a narber ior the aedioal cxamlaation as reqtired in 3a&ion
Sr &baeetion 3 of Senate Bill 190. 49,~ amendad, aupra. It
Is alear, hawvar, that the Board oi Trustees baa tha powar
to deterniine tha oompeneation of a phyaloien when suoh phyai-
aian is aaploysd by Ohs Board or Tramtees.
Wa trust that na have aatiafaatorily answerad
your qu*atioa,
Yours very trulf