THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BAKER, DENLINGER, STERN, KAUFFMAN, AUMENT, BEAR, BOYD, BROOKS, CAUSER, CLYMER, CUTLER, DALEY, DiGIROLAMO, FLECK, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARHART, HARRIS, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KRIEGER, LAWRENCE, LONGIETTI, MALONEY, MARSHALL, METCALFE, MURT, OBERLANDER, PERRY, PICKETT, RAPP, READSHAW, ROAE, SCHRODER, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TOEPEL, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND O'NEILL, MARCH 3, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 3, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation,

further providing for the offense of impersonating a notary

public or a holder of a professional or occupational license.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 4913(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 4913.  Impersonating a notary public or a holder of a

professional or occupational license.

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(b)  Grading.--

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(3)  If the intent of the actor is to impersonate a

medical doctor and, in so doing, the actor provides medical

advice or treatment to another person as a patient,

regardless of whether or not the other person suffers harm

from the medical advice or treatment, an offense under this

section is a felony of the first degree.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.