Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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“(0). *3 nina (0) Dirso%oar, to ba eleoted by tM end bho namea membsra of 8ii@ o~metl~a, car10 reaidai$iea o,f tbow who em to aarvo the iirst yocr sro; * 1 *
“The South Plaiarr %oo~smti~ Ho 3.0 t?l +eao+k~i+ 8hel.l noQ &a0 uy ? sap kS’ _ - - stook and Shell A4E M ~eI'etiaa,SOr'~Otit, but arll oi ita~opsra(;ioaa aima kf@r Wu matmel bwotita of %@a mweboro.*
bs8unioC( that aaoh eerporetion we8 duly end its lawfully i.noorporstrd for bhcpurpoao wma(l in oharttm, w! *ye oeraPul;g •~~~~?~o~~~~@ pmotfuo Pot! of th%a’stiate,’ (@h. 6 9r TZtla Yl SD Yerwn*s Cl*11 Statutoa et Toxea, b&g brtioXou 440s %a 4818’ laa.)‘eAa (Oh* 6 ~of’wtle 1L of VW- AOn’ Pea&l GodO of Tozer) to 84i:
len OS furnish- horpiteiiaetion i ental suriaes to IQ visle+~lm hharebii Wo ti.116 nobhfag 14 Wko modisel preotlec, Aot rtloh grererita a hoapftrl from hfrlSg Baa a~ moro @ty8ieLna to p0rr0mi pefeealo~l l tm~tp oa In the oaai of RXIXTBLZQ BE4XF80- io r Itit3 prtientr. UAL IIfoPWRbWcX ASSOGIATIOH T. COMfZD BOSPX’VAL B~LXIf- IO (Iilasa. OS Asp.) 6s 8-W. (84 ,3$‘%, tho oowub in ho!l&tng that a l anitarithe o ou J malntain~a 814% fo r ~~~~feasionel suviwa render’bd by it0 doltma Qo 8 pe$ient oonffned ~oroi~end~ohadpn+i~~ye~d co pay ror 8am, aal(LI of a&oh person8, e8 *ill~~ir fO;r trqatimnt
miiniet*rJng to ntelmd se*40 ~011 patleabar This tnetavat n88oA8bly embre8oa, rflfhfa it8 pturrlew, tho #oroloea of aaturalpsr- *4 Honorable T. J. Crowo, Se@retery - Page 4
8~x18 who pxsotloo medioin8~ The Iltatutea expreaaly authorize corporations ior 8ho 'ereotlon and mintwanoa of aanitoriuma.' R.S. aFt. 1302, aubd. 6. The aothorit~ia euah a oorporatlon to provide nudleal fneb- ;asnt to the patlantm, and to employ, for that purpose; thora poraona rho are duly lioenmed to preotfoe,madioino, Ia maaena- blr impl1.d. It i8 qultM trtu that br ar- tiols 748 of tho Penal Oade it la naado a OPT for em person to praotioe madiaim f wltlihout oomp rln$ with the requiremanta
prcbsoribed tn 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+ ataribad roqulremOnt8 hare regard hla aat- to to graetioo medioinr, upon human tbrity bein&a, end mat ~$0 tha oharaoter ot hirea- plowr. In the y~O@O~t 0W9, th0 6Oijill Eoapital & CU.&J waa taroatad with impl,iod authority, in perl,mtA.ng ita oorpordff funotions in respeot to aupplylryl me&ioal to OarplO~ th0ae. treatiRen0 to ita’petlenta, Ma think the abolr holding guthorisoe the Qooperatiro Pla%na lisapita% As@oe%aDion, prorldodti ia lawfully incorporated ~8 8 l aniter‘ium, to bin phyoirriano to render profssaional eervlo48 to lb8 pati4nt.o.
room a ooimideration 0f tho MMloal Prao- tica aet and the aws oltcsd, we den find m reaatm- able basfs, under the sharter end proposed plan af I
lVmo%sblo T.J. Orowe, Seerotary - Page 5 operation, for boldlng that aaa matteror 18~. the south Plain8 Cooperative B@@pital Assoolationla it- l elr graotiolng llladioine or will praotiae aadlolno.
You are, theroioro, re@peotfullJr adrl#d tmder the iaota aabmittod by you, that it ia oru: opinion, that a8 a nratter o? law, tba South Platru Oooperetive Hoapital Asrasia8ion 60 low am itfml- low8 it6 law- power8 author~zd by it8 ohartev, ia sot riolet$.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 l Xhlbft8 whioh ~oou l ttaohad to your requoat.
Toum mry truly