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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="14-602" title_number="14" title_name="Physicians" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless authorized to practice medicine under this title, a person may not represent to the public, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the person is authorized to practice medicine in this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this article, a person may not use the words or terms “Dr.”, “doctor”, “physician”, “D.O.”, or “M.D.” with the intent to represent that the person practices medicine, unless the person is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Licensed to practice medicine under this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A physician licensed by and residing in another jurisdiction, while engaging in consultation with a physician licensed in this State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A physician employed in the service of the federal government while practicing within the scope of the employment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A physician who resides in and is licensed to practice medicine by any state adjoining this State and whose practice extends into this State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>An individual in a postgraduate medical program that is accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the Board in regulations while the individual is practicing medicine in the program; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A licensee who is on emeritus status under § 14–320.1 of this title, provided that the licensee does not represent to the public that the licensee is authorized to practice medicine in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An unlicensed individual who acts under § 14–302, § 14–306, § 14–306.1, § 14–306.2, or § 14–306.3 of this title may use the word “physician” together with another word to describe the occupation of the individual as in phrases such as “physician’s assistant” or “physician’s aide”.</text>
  </level>
</section>
