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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 311 PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
311.375 Conditions governing use of title "Doctor" or "Dr." -- Penalty.
Download pdfnursing, anesthesiology, physio or physical therapy, or any other profession or
business having for its purpose the diagnosis, treatment, correction or cure of any
human ailment, condition, disease, injury or infirmity, hold himself or herself out as
a doctor or employ or use in any manner the title "Doctor" or "Dr.," unless he or she
actually has graduated and holds a doctor degree from a school, college, university
or institution authorized by its governing body to confer such degree. (2) No person who holds a doctor degree, as provided in subsection (1) of this section, shall use or employ the title "Doctor" or "Dr." in or upon any letter, statement, card,
prescription, sign, listing or other writing held out to the public without affixing
suitable words or letters designating the particular doctor degree held by such
person. (3) The written material or designation in connection with advertising, billboards, signs, or professional notices shall be in letters, type, or illumination, or give display
and legibility, of at least three-fourths (3/4) that of the title "Doctor" or "Dr." (4) Any person who violates this section and is found by a trier of fact to have committed the violation with the intent to deceive the public shall have his or her
health provider license revoked for not less than six (6) months or more than one (1)
year. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 152, sec. 145. -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 198, sec. 1.
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