Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-659 Page: 3 of 4
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Mr. J. Manley Head, page 3 (c-659)
Both of these prior opinions emphasize the duty that
the varioup State examining boards have to regulate the various
professions, and ascertain the fitness of all applicants by
applying the various laws with such rules and by-laws necessary
to carry into effect the purpose of the law. In other words,
both of the prior opinions imply that the State examining boards
must make the final determination of all applicants, whether
licensed by another state and regardless of whether they have
passed the national examinations, before issuing a Texas license.,
In the ease at hand, before the Chiropractic examining board
could make a final determination of the applicants' fitness,
the requirements of Section 9 of Article 4512b (Reciprocity
requirements) would have to be complied with for applicants
subject to Section 9.
"There are many statutes which provide
for the issuing of a license in Texas to those
licensed to practice the same profession in
other states which have requirements equal to
those of Texas. . . .It has always been the
purpose of the Legislature to increase the
standard of the profession and to require
higher educational attainments.
"It cannot be assumed that the Texas Legis-
lature intended to require less educational at-
tainment by citizens of other states than was
required of the citizens of Texas in order to be
licensed to practice in Texas." Texas State
Board of Pharmacy v. Baker, 244 s.W.d93gTTrex.
Civ.App. 1951, error ref.) . (Page 936-937).
It is our opinion that question number one must be
answered in the negative. Passage of the National Board ex-
aminations does not exempt one from complying with the statutory
requirements of reciprocity.
Question number two'must be answered in the negative.
Taking and passing of the National Board Examination does not
exempt one from complying with Section 9 (reciprocity require-
ments) or complying with Section 10 (examination requirements)
to obtain a Texas license to practice chiropractic.
SUMMAR Y
Section 9 of Article 4512b, Vernon's Civil
Statutes, should not be construed to allow the
granting of a Texas license upon the passage of-3188-
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-659, text, April 15, 1966; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth269078/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.