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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
or TEXAS
AsTrxn, TEXAs 78711JOHN L. SILL
ATTlOnlY OWE RALJuly 30, 1974
The Honorable A. Bryan Spires, Jr.M. D.
Secretary
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Southwest Tower Bldg. Suite 900
211 East Seventh Street
Austin, Texas 78701Opinion No. H- 359
Re: May the Texas State
Board of Medical Examiners
have facsimile signatures of
its members affixed by a
mechanical process to the
license certificates it issues.Dear Dr. Spires:
You ask whether members of the Texas State Board of Medical
Examiners may satisfy the requirements of Art. 4503, V. T. C. S., by
having facsimiles of their penned signatures made and affixed by
mechanical process to license certificates rather than signing each
certificate individually by hand. Art. 4503 provides that:
All certificates shall be attested by the seal
of the Board and signed by all members of the
Board, or a quorum thereof.
It is out opinion that a Board member's use of a facsimile of a
penned signature is in compliance with the statutory requirement. In
Mondragon v. Mondragon, 257 S. W. 215, 216 (Tex. 1923), the Texas
Supreme Court stated:
A signature made by rubber stamp, typewriter or
printing . . . may be adopted, and the instrument
to which it is signed becomes binding.p. 1689
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-359, text, July 30, 1974; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth270884/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.