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Old 01-19-2004, 02:57 PM   #11
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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Almost every state has a law stating that only licensed physicians can use terms like "Dr.," "M.D." "Doctor" etc. It has often pissed me off when people who are not physicians use it -- I work in the healthcare industry and I need to find out if they really are or not and have, on more than one occasion, had to chastise a non-licensed individual for using "Dr." on em's business cards, etc.
I thought that Doctor standing alone isn't generally prohibited in these statutes, but only "doctor of medicine", "doctor of podiatry" etc.

The practice is boorish, but I think it's only actually illegal in a handful of states.

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