Title of business card
I have a M.D. degree from other country than U.S. I don't have license to practice medicine in the U.S. and I don't practice medicine in the State. Can I be call ''doctor''? Can I have M.D. title on my business card?
Re: Title of business card
No, I'm afraid you may not be called "doctor" or have the title "M.D." on your business card.
The relevant California law is the Business & Professions Code Section 2054. It reads as follows.
2054. (a) Any person who uses in any sign, business card, or
letterhead, or, in an advertisement, the words "doctor" or
"physician," the letters or prefix "Dr.," the initials "M.D.," or any
other terms or letters indicating or implying that he or she is a
physician and surgeon, physician, surgeon, or practitioner under the
terms of this or any other law, or that he or she is entitled to
practice hereunder, or who represents or holds himself or herself out
as a physician and surgeon, physician, surgeon, or practitioner
under the terms of this or any other law, without having at the time
of so doing a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended certificate as a
physician and surgeon under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Re: Title of business card
No, I'm afraid you may not be called "doctor" or have the title "M.D." on your business card.
The relevant California law is the Business & Professions Code Section 2054. It reads as follows.
2054. (a) Any person who uses in any sign, business card, or
letterhead, or, in an advertisement, the words "doctor" or
"physician," the letters or prefix "Dr.," the initials "M.D.," or any
other terms or letters indicating or implying that he or she is a
physician and surgeon, physician, surgeon, or practitioner under the
terms of this or any other law, or that he or she is entitled to
practice hereunder, or who represents or holds himself or herself out
as a physician and surgeon, physician, surgeon, or practitioner
under the terms of this or any other law, without having at the time
of so doing a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended certificate as a
physician and surgeon under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
