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Opinion No. 43-4393

Collection Attorney General Opinions and Advisory Letters
Date 10/07/1943
File Number 1943 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 43-4393

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Opinion No. 43-4393

October 7, 1943

BY: EDWARD P. CHASE, Attorney General

TO: Mr. Gordon Herkenhoff, Director, Department of Public Welfare, Santa Fe, New Mexico

I have your letter of September 20, 1943 concerning whether or not the Public Welfare Department may, under our statutes, provide any service necessary to make blind persons employable, when such service might include medical examinations, medical or surgical care, hospitalization, artificial appliances, rehabilitation training (books, etc.), maintenance of trainee while in training, transportation, occupational licenses and ordinary occupational tools and equipment.

In view of the provisions of Sections 73-103 (j), 73-104 (a), and 73-123 (d) of the New Mexico 1941 Compilation, it is so clear that the Public Welfare Department may provide such services to the blind that I consider it unnecessary to go into detail concerning the reasons for my opinion.

Hoping that the above fully answers your questions, I am

By HARRY L. BIGBEE

Assistant Attorney General

 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.