Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
8~16 *hall file 8 eopy:J of uah aa8h 4 a oepr bf h%r ppolntmeat with the texnr State Boor4 af Health; and. until rush ooolee are 80 fll8d. 88id efflser -&ail not Qeed ~10
aad, ia &i&ttlon thirate, b oh dutlar a8 ohall be pnrorlb84 MD uuder thr rules, re(ul*tionr mid require- sent8 o? tcxaa Nat8 Board of Pealth, BC the pro8ldeat thereof, and ir l ap owerml m&l uthorltti tts wtabllsh, aalntala awl enforoe quarantine within h:r 6otmt7. He l hmll 8lao be npu1r.d to *id urd Strte Board of okrltb la a11 matter* nrrirt t3f load quarantIa0, ia*potion, dleeaae DrOVWbt%OR -a 8upg3re88ba, an4 aorWary rltnl 8tatistlo8 anil gmeral unltrtlon wlthln hlr oowtr; and he rlull at ell timer 8ata report Itate bo8r4, la 8uoh aunn*r nau f6rm aI it 8hnLl QlWOOr%k, the praroaar 811 oontagiorrr, lnf8e$iou8 o.ud baagebwur eplderio 418#8re8 vlthla hi8 jurlm%letioq and he mnmtr rhe,ll other end ~ske 8uah ropertr hall dlreot~ furthar touohlng an ruah matters me my be adI form and et 8uoh blrer St8te Bo8rd raid ia 8uah ~ropctr for 8rld Stat. bawd to dlnot~ nud he 8h8ll aid *aid State Ekwwi at 811 timer In the enrorwmsnt bf it8 pro~w ruleo, nfp’L*tLoua, requlreaent8 8nd ordlnanoo8, 8nd la the nfaroeaent of r1.l raltmly hur 8ud quarantlue Mgulstlaas wlthln hi8 jwrla- dictlaa. * (Unffereoartng our81
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lot8 thrrt rund#r &tiOl~ tilff t&S OOUQtJ hO81th orrloer 18 requlr8d to *perform vob alt188 88 hew boon rlth TOl8tiOlt F0qUir.d Of OOUntl phlr8~OiJlO8, t0 OStiO~ ?Or in OoWIty Jail8 l * * a& other 8uoh dutlo8 the.primmsrr 80 MJ be lmirrlly requird of the oounty pbyala~ur br the 8OMiB8iOMr8’ OOWt 8ad Other Off180~8 of the Omllty, d rho11 di86har$O 81~7 rddltioul d~tle8 whloh it ray k 9PQ98r iOr OOUOt7 8Uth0ritiSS d8r pFO#Ont law t0 resulre of oouaty ph~8lol8n8; * l *'
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Could they b8 r8W&?M k tS8m# @8okW# tn the o0udy J811? bOtON th0 tkPl'Om8 COtUt ia Zh18 W88 tht @VOW -8tta the #a80 of @d.wetn~~%tYnty t. Baolo, 91 tax. SW, 4S 8.Y.
198. hur8 tb0 086~U#loa#rU' Oaolpt hdl lOOtOd the I9981180 9h~SiO%&8 ul uong othtar duties rat forth La him e oOWt;l golntmoat ho 18 wqulreU to dgtro 8o6loal ttontlom to the prl8ebwro et tbo ail.* The qu0etwU WS the mahority 0r !I the 6dtiiOUP'O @OUPt t0 win thW0 dutio8 Of &~~lOO 8nd ew akpmmo Court raidt
-0 the first qU.StlW pro$#ealR584, we unuw*r the Oslla1@81OMrr' OWFt Of ~TOStOll dOUIlt~ t;llt ,. m outhorlaoU to nolo the owtr&ot for redloul OWiOO8 t0 b@ l’OOi38FO~ t0 ~&lOrS aad 9~~008,~O tW WhOSO O&W Wd SUpwl’t OOWt~ It08 N- ! qulcti pPovlbe.e
The authority there me proMoat8di upon the fol~lowir( 868tUtO (n0w ~rt~el0 1037, c&O Of armed ~08&W8)!
*&ah OOU#t7 #h&%1 br 118b10 fOl' 811 OX9OlbOS iWUWOd OII 8OOWNBt Of th0 #St* kSaplU# Of 9F186Ib em oonfinod in Jail or kept us&or pad, xeopt grironere brought fr08 8wtbr auf0 oowty kemplag, Or On hrrb888 OOrplU Or Cihall#O Of VSllUO; in vhlah OllS~S the Soun)~ trOr uhloh th8 9rtSQWr #hail llabla tar the eXpen#e of hi8 lr.braqht rnh ka~~np. l The oaul¶t7'* aoty with rospret to %tS tJrlr8aon WOS oT8 flmlf flxti b;r an tit L#gi81~tnn 19m tnblr
hrtlalr 1040, C&e af Urlriml W%WekWe) providing, ln wCOI
'_ *4 Honorable C. Sbwionm, pfkge 4
'For the efe keeplng, l upnort and mmlntmnanas of prlmonerm oonflned la 4811 or under qu8rd, the eher- I?? shall be mllowed the tollowlng ohmrgmmr ‘3. For neoemrary mdloal bill and namesmbtm
! extra compmn88tlon for attention to 8 brimmnmr during ioknccm, muoh mm amount ae the oo#slmmlonerm : ” oourt of the count7 uhere the prlmoaer!. 18 eonfiamd
may detemlne Jurt md propmr,*
You are aaoordingly dvlmeQ thet It la the duty of the oounty hemlth ottlorr et the rmquemt of the oouil8slmker8~ oourt, the herl?? or other qr,roper authoritiee, to &ttead and rendor mediaal amelnthnoc to urimonerm oontlnad in the awnt~ jail. Under Artlole 4423, l UDr8, he mmy be mlloued ny rmuon- able oaraenmatloa by the oouPl8mlonnr8' oourt Sor 8ny enieem aotually render&.
Your meooad qaemtlon la with rmmpmet to the llmbllIty af the county for nrlvate phymlolan~m fee when oalled by the hmri?? to Mnimter 8 prleoner oonflamd In the oounty J8ill.
It ie clit?loult sn8wer your qwstloa oategorlmal- 17. The llablllt~ o? the oount* for the tee of 8 ph~mislur other than oountr health offloor rumt 6epen4 upon the oUearmtrnoe8 ooneider8tlmnm ~113 involved In esoh vartloulmr otee. hportnrt be the vailablllty 8d v~2ll~nmer at the oouaty km8Pth ottioer UrganoJ the SblliUes, rad to perform the dottern reqdre4, the reamon8blenemc of thm fem.
1Smmumlng the failure or retuul of the oounty health offlaer or hle unavAilablllty that aodlo8l Attention 18 ur- gently needed by oountr prl6Oaer, you AC0 mdVlmm6 that eherl?? mry bind the oountf remmnble pbymlolaa'm tee.
Wm had ooammian to oenmlder 8 lsllar qua8tlon ln op1nlon lo. o-212. We were thara aonomrnmi aflth thm li8bility O? stata ?Or neoemrar~ hOmQit8llt8tiOn 8Bd Pmd%m81 8csrViOm8 readered a Qrlaoncr vhile in oumtody of l member Texmm Jil&hvaj Fatrol. In mperklng of the Stk.th'm pr~monerm, we maid!
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Honorable C. Slamonm, page 6
‘It lo the vcll emtabllmhmd genorml rule that 8 l hmrl?? or other pmaoe ottloer ovem to -the etmte or to the 9ubllo l atel~ keep a prlmeaer
oowsltted to him wmtod~ and deliver him over moper euthorltlma ot the prapbr time, la no more compulsory than 1s the duty he owmm the orlmon- er hlmmelt to exsrolme resmon8blm and srdlnaryomre to protect hlm 1We end haalth. There tvo dutlem are co-•xtenmlve an4 arlme by virtue of the oumtody dmuoh prleoner by muah ottloer under orIsIn8l oro0emm. R. C. L. 0. 1173 (Primoam 8nd Frlmoaerm, MO. 101. Logan v. U.8., 144 U.S. 26s 12 su9. ct.
617; 36 L.&l. 42Q; kx Prrts Jenklnm, 66 W.r. 560; Stmte vm. Ciobln, 94 Fed. 48.' wm Doiatm6 out thet the or!t':oil oondltlmn Xoreover, A prlmoner aa3 rmqulre that medlo81 attentloa be rendend
by other8 than those umually required perton l umh l erv~oem, l wlws
'Am lllumtr8tlve of thlm bimormtion to WaIV8 tatutory ton8lltlem Ia nmrgmnolem, we olte the aam of Lamar vm. Pike County, 30 I1.E. 912, holding th8t oounty nm 118ble for wdloml ~ervloem
rendered by a ph~mlolan uaeoaed by the Jailer to Attend & rrrlmoner In 8n emergvnoy not adnIttIa(r of the tour hour@' delay nememm8ry tcs grooura the 8ttenQr;ame of th e l eoretar~ et the board o? hellth, rho remlded twlve ~11~ 8vaj from the Jill, aot- vlthmkndlng the 88mtutm drovlddl ttmt letter houlQ rvnfier uob meblaal arvicce 8e wre N- qulred by 9rlmanerm. Ths oourt maMd
*‘In the omme be?are urn It vae the duty m? Smith, the J8llOr la ahargr of the prlmoner 8nd aotlng for the mherltt, to mummoB a ewpetent
phrmlolan under the exlmtlng easrgenej to treat
the prlmoner, and threby ave hlm life, I? muoh eauld be dono. It vauld here bmea ~aexeum8ble
negleot OQ the part the Jailer to have wmftmtl tour hourm m\uaan eoraterjr of baud of hemlth, twlve 8lle8 dirttat, whoa the neaem- ary redlaal mid oeuld be obtained mpmedlly dad near ot hrnd, and u8m ersentlrl to move the llte of the prlsoner . . . . Urn oannot believe that
Honorable C. %1a8oam, page 6
l8v Intended where m n8n vam ln Jail, and In need medloal menlae under the everganey exirtlag la thlm oame, where the bored of oouaty oonlm- eloamrm hF.d ppolnted A l eoretmr~ at the bored of hemlth, vhoee It wmm la muoh dame8 to render muoh medloel 8mmlmtmnoe, but whome remldenoe wee o resote tram the oounty Jell thet he soula not be prooured In time render the aiA nutled, thmt the orlmoner hmula be left to mutter and perhpm &lo, and that the eountf would not be liable for ervlaom thum renderml by A p~mIolmn uader the erplo~ment of the j8Iler bavlag the prleaner in oharge . ' *
Cartmlnlj county owe* no gremter tlwtr to It8 paper8 th8n to ltr prlmonerm, end long ago Teum Oourt o? 4ppemlm held In Xonghoa It &lmmoa v. VAR Zanttt bUatJ, 8 Wl'ilmon, Clv. Cam. Ct. App., seetloa 198, ttmt a county warn liable for sedioal m~rvloem rendered A pauper mt requemt at the oounty Judge aaU a cuber of the -1melloaere . The oourt 8mIQr oourt
~Countlam an reqalrsd to provide tar thW 'Suuopert,' am umed 'muppnort' of their pauper@. here, ueane more than n~pvl~lag them v;;hnptit alothlng 8nd Boame atal In. ~11 that 18 noeemmary to bmdlly he8lth rrnd @ma- fort, ad l mpeolally dorr It lnolu8e prope&;;m, clttentlon snd tremtaent aumg ~oknemm.
18 m uprmme oblIg8tlOa of hruanlt~, lndepoa4ent of any 6trtutory unflmte. And whare aaequ8te pro- vlmlon hnm not bmen am&e bf eaulmmlouerm' oourt ?urnlmh theam prI8e neoemoitlem of life, the oounty Judge, bmlng prlnoIpml rmprmrent~- tlve of the eouats, or 8ay other member of oo~lmmIonerm~ aeurt, aan, by eontrmot, bind thm oountf la say reamon8bla mum nooemmmry tar th0 up~:jort of m pruper. Ulthaut A ~MViOU8 OOUtFAOt ta that e?teot, It la 0810 of 8lokOere e phYmI018~ ehould glve hlm protemmiasll #arm And rttmRtlOn wmr, vould AOSpeR8ution rmrmonrble A ervloem l Xi@t muoh oantrmet to pmf tar ma implied on the part of the couIPty. Ia thlm oame therm irn no quemtlon but that the ervloee renderetl *7 Woaorebl* c. Siamonr, QSge 7
by ap?ellants were neoeerrry, ad we- well end skillfully verformed, and that the amount olalned .therrfor le remoneble. Suah beIn& the cane, it Is duty of the oounty to pay the mount
olalmee; wherefore the Judgment 18 revermee, and Judgment lo here ranfier?rd far e~ellrnte nealnet appellee for the amount olalaed oostm.’
It 18 therefore our oonrldered oplnloa tml you am dvIee5 that when the oount;l health offleer Ie umtilllag or utmbh to attend ant3 a private ~hyrIoIrn Ie oalled by thr heriif, the county Ie liable feee reeulting for rearenable from hl8 a:nIetratIon to a oounty orleoner urgently in need medlo81 attontlon.
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