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*1 ‘~I&CE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Q8IAt.D c. MANN *v-e..*.. OCICIIL
Honorable C+orce X. Cox
State Haalfk GPMcer
Texas State Board or Health
b.ustln, Terns
Dear Sir:
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oeat date requesti
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follows: :.
., " s=bulancs be required . * stat8 Boar& or Health if the am- liss thau five tiffies each year for we. should a f’irm located &I ore of the lnrf.er cltias Texas operating several ambula~cm ob- tain per&W iro;ll the State Doard of Zeonltn for each of its anbulances and equip the3 in accordance with the provisions of tLls Act? 1: ,thls fir-7 has ob- t6inea a pamit for three 0r it3 anbillanoes and ,~ .’ *2 ‘. . ‘* . .
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. . . [4] 2oxwabl.c C!or$-a K. Coxi pace 2 .
and cqcip3e6 them ac-coyclLu~iy, is it. necesacrg Coti the TfZk t0 eq@p its fiNZt!l 3ILl iifth 32hll3UC3 if tho tvo titter ambulcuces and o:btcirz c pcrmlt me ussd only three or fcur ‘;Lzzs a yecr for mcr- &wlcles?
‘3. Shotid ambulaxwe’s uacli for the trans- portation 2nd conveyance of sic!: patient3 be re- qz*rcs t3 c?aln s pr*4 -*-It frc;? the %xte Board of Ecaitl~; that is, if they 6re usad ix11y for trans- port- co~vclcsccnti3- or. sicLz sltitxts from e has- pita1 ‘$0 n sy3sitler;oo nnd noti’ for cmsrgcncy czlis?
L- ‘li; ‘~Uould an a?plicsnt be alloued
pc~tits for core t&n 0x1~ a??xl~nco when he possess- ccj. equlpT2ant for only cua ulth the i;stentt;ion of . . - ir;&wSux~;i~ -this eqlpms3 sxl picoirq .lt 3.n the
tx23ulcnoc 1~2klq . the ezimgmog csll?” Ve quote ia prt from Szixte Bill 230, 48th *gin&a-, I twe, icsofar 2.3 ve think is perttient ixk ansvorZr~ your re- q'ua3t* ES foiiovs : - i
“sacti0zt 1. ~4; p~raon, fix3 or om'poratioa tici1 to lx oxeratod 16. thk State .. opornts cz caxm of l%xirs, zig e*zergcncy amhukzoe, pu3lic. or p&v- ate, ‘~0~ tzg other vc*liclc cexxrrly u&cd for the‘. l;~axp~~tctlon or oouvoyanoo of ",&I 3icli.02 io:s22.ncB, ulthozt first sccwl~g a pexzIt therefor fro= tk.o State ZofzC of Ecerlth 08 hsraizafter provided.
“Sec. 2. Every ax2n.1la.;zcc , patrol outomobSle .vckicle hereinafter described, before permit is - issized thcrcfor, shall be equipped with and, ehcn
13 scrvlce, c’crrg ns raininca ec-uig;rent the follow- ins :
“(e) A first aid Itit;
Wqction snlint- for tFe p-oper traos- e 'Xi fl c. tA.iL.cs p,1,,22 0; i;racturei of th "sec. 3. Every such acbu:a~~3 or vehlcic
brcizcbovo Ce3or;Lb&+~g 3.x1 eorvitic, ohs11 be ‘~~cc+,zd.*ti~ by at losot 00~ pel3on vi10 h33 accr,uirod
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Eoro?abXe George U. Cox, pee &
In our Opinion Eo. O-5580, we hold pemits must pe secured for tcibul2nceo which wore never used Po,n eixrgeiiog but .ozly to oarry pctIc%ts to 2nd pCoi3 hospitalo on non- CSllS, ecerfenoy ribsions. A copy of thct opinion is enolosod. Your fo*wth question is a2s3ered ia the negative. As we attez@cd to po1ak out in tiocuzsi~~ yo&- oecozld qucstlon, that evcq ap- Se~~lon3 2 and 4 of Senate Bill Co. 230 rec@ra plicant seokiqj o pertit uuder this Act must first sbov that his partfculcir vehiole is p2o?s,srly equipped in eccordnnce with its provi3iom. It sce3s Cfiemfwe that before a partit rzay be issued, the partioulw vebLc2e rxst bc p~oporly equlZJqzd, espeolt;Xy so in vieu of the above Ia~~uaze aad the absezoe of a=~ l&nsuz$e OP itierenoe pertittti$ eiq~ LntcrohangLtzg of equlp- itcnt arcz~ a!bulixceS.
. We twst the fomzgoLq ftily an&s sour questiorc..
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Yours very truly AWORIEY GR%RAL 63’ TX&S Robert 0. Koch _, Assistant ‘ROX:db zuclosure