Case Information
*1 Hon. E.R. Wright, Superintendent
State Sohool for the Deaf
Travis County
Austin, Texas
oear Ear: Opinion No. O-25@
Rer Whether a person who received a oouree of nursing training at the State Hoe- pita1 %t Sai?ltorlm Is a graduate nurse zri;in the xneanlng of the ap~oprfdt%on .
We have your letter of July 22, 1940, which reado as followet
"Xn the appropr?Btion bill for sleemoqynary In<ut%ons, the bill pra.@dee ior two graduate
nursee. The law iurther n&m fea?th provlslon ior a
state Boaru of mursee Hlralmw There is a group of hospitnls wh%oh me aStilistci%th thla Boata fey the purpare of tmln3.n g numm .'Eha State Eloapital at
Senltorlm 115 net affllktcrb with this arganlxatlon but plwpoeea to train nuraezi.
~"Couldap%rtgwhohae qualffledbygr?kduat- ing front IAL6 hoapital at Sanltorlum, Texosl be consld- szud a~ gra8uate nurse as the tern is applied In the appropriation bill?"
We believe that the phrase "graduate nurse as used In ths appropriation b%ll for Eleemoeynasy Inatitutlone" was used in the a8me sense as In Article 4518 and 4518a of the Revlaed'Civil Statutea of Texas which read ae follonsz
"Art. 4518. QWLlZ'ICATIONS OF tRiRSE3' TRAIEES@ SCHOOLS AND ARPLfcAmTs
All special htmpltals approved by~the BfMrd of Nurse Nxant~ers, andgeneral ho pitale, whfch are equipped with not lesa than twenty-five 9 Q$i) beds, amI whioh have a Ually annual average of not less thtLO fLfteen (15) patlentr, and which tetiah the oouree of study presarlbed by the Board of Nuree ExBrainerii of the State of Texas, aYe hereby~ cqn- stituted duly qualified and acmedlted nursing schools. A general hospital, aa the term Is hers uaed, Is a public or private 1nstltutLon where men, women and children are *2 Hois. B.R. l!Mght, Pegs 2 O-2564
treated for all klnds of diseases, bodily in,jurjr, or physloal deramlty by means OS both medloal and su.rg$caf treatment, and which maintains an organized staff of phyalaiuns and surgeons llaenaed to praotice medlofne fn the etate oi Texas.
4Art. 45laEi. CEFtTIWGATION OF QRADUATgS; EXIW-
It?ATIONl3XSTATEBOARVOFt4UFtSE6X.AMINHRS
No person shall be eertii'led as a graduate of an such nursing sc,hool unless such person &as had t&ee (331 full years of w-k and study in such school under a ra&istereU nurse, two (2) year8 of whfah murrt be eontln- uous In the s&o01 of' nursing from which bhe has graduated, or two (2) conMnuous~years in a spcclal hospital and one (1) oontlnuaus til.Z year in a general hospital. And maoh graduate upon praurnting such cei?ttifiuate to the State shall upon the papkent or re- mardo?NurBC~ quired f'ees be entitlwl to take the examlnatlons presurlbed by the State Boardi 8nd u$on making the passing grades prescribed by the Board, shall be entitled to reoaive that auah person from aald Phard a certtiloate certifying le a graduate nurse end entitled to practlae as a regls- tersad ~m.rse in the State or Texs8."
These Statutes ti conatrud in our oplnMn8 No. O-882 and Supplemental opinibn Boo, o-88211, copies 0r which are anelosed herew%th, requlra that a perron must have at least one year*8 training ln a gemal hospltal in ordee to be entitled Co be aertiried as a rtkglatered graduate nuraea
Xou state that the Wite Hospital at ganltoritmr is not affiliated with tha &ate Board of Rarse l?xamlners. A person receiving his entire t&Wnl.ng at th%s hospital la therefore not ellglble to be Crertirled as a registered graduate nurse under Artlclete 4528 and 451aa, Revlsetl Civil hitatutes, 192fi.
It is OUT opinion, tiherefore, that a party who has graduated from a course in tiurslng given at the State Hospital at Sanltorlum Texas, may not be conaidored GB a graduate nurse as that term is used in the eppropriatfon bill.
Youre very truly ATTORlUiX QSNHRitL OF !lXXAS APPROV6U AU(f 9, 1940
s/ Erover Seller6
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