| PRINTER'S NO. 649 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. | 587 | Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, PICKETT, METCALFE, STERN, HARHART, KORTZ, AUMENT, CUTLER, FLECK, KAUFFMAN, KNOWLES, HESS, C. HARRIS, ROCK, HICKERNELL, MILLARD, GROVE, OBERLANDER, DENLINGER, MILNE, SWANGER, GILLEN AND MURT, FEBRUARY 8, 2013
REFERRED TO COMMITEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013
AN ACT
1Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation,
3further providing for the offense of impersonating a notary
4public or a holder of a professional or occupational license.
5The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6hereby enacts as follows:
7Section 1. Section 4913(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
9§ 4913. Impersonating a notary public or a holder of a
10professional or occupational license.
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12(b) Grading.--
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14(3) If the intent of the actor is to impersonate a
15medical doctor and, in so doing, the actor provides medical
16advice or treatment to another person as a patient,
17regardless of whether or not the other person suffers harm
18from the medical advice or treatment, an offense under this
1section is a felony of the first degree.
2Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.