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If you go around claiming to be a doctor, but don't do anything related to being a doctor and in no way operate as a doctor, then presumably this isn't a crime
by setr 10y ago
If you go around claiming to be a doctor, but don't do anything related to being a doctor and in no way operate as a doctor, then presumably this isn't a crime to be fined.
If you tell people you are not a doctor, and you do doctor things, then there's no misunderstanding, and nothing to fine
But if you tell people you are a doctor (or let people think you are), when you are not, and you do doctory things, then there's trouble.
It seems reasonable to me that it requires both the misunderstanding and the potential to create public harm for it to be a crime/fine-able.
- DanBC 10y agoDon't use metaphor, because they're broken. In your metaphor "doctor" is a protected term in many jurisdictions, so merely claiming to be a medical doctor is a crime. And practising medicine without a licence is similarly illegal, even if you make it clear that you're not a doctor.
- vkou 10y agoPlenty of 'alternative medicine' woo is practiced, without anyone involved claiming to be doctors. For the most part, nobody goes to jail.