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Anonymous:

--- Quote from: ""juniper2"" ---According to the State of Georgia Licensing Bureau, it is illegal to place
M.D. after your name if your license to practice medicine was revoked..It is fraud and misleading, done for marketing purposes to attract families..
I think this is what was meant...


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That's exactly what was meant.... very deceptive indeed.

Anonymous:
Sure - it's illegal to practice if your license has been revoked. But you're still a "doctor." Lots of people confuse this. "Doctor" is only a degree and unrelated to having a license to practice, although, of course, one cannot be a Licensed Physician without the degree. First comes the degree and then you are a doctor. THEN you have to do a lot of hours of residency and pass a test to be licensed to practice medicine.

Removing the license does not remove the M.D. No one can ever remove a degree from a person. So no matter what a jackass he may be, no matter if he goes to prison and has his license permanently revoked, he did the work and earned the M.D. degree and will always be a "medical doctor." I think when people say "doctor" they are thinking license to practice. Two different things.

Now - if I earned an M.D. in Russia and it wasn't recognized in the U.S., I could not legally even call myself a "doctor" in the U.S. This is because there are legal requirements to calling yourself "doctor." Laura Schlessenger (sp?) is a "doctor" but not of psychology. Her degree is in some kind of biology or something. She has a master's and a license as a psychotherapist under her master's. What's interesting is that if she was doing therapy and calling herself "doctor" she would lose her license - forever. She still would have her Ph.D. in whatever it is. I think it's deceptive of her to call herself "doctor" because people assume she's a psychologist. But a psychologist has to have a Ph.D. or Psy.D. or Ed.D. and earn a license in psychology - and you have to get a separate license in whatever state you are practicing int. She is really offensive to me because she's horrible - and people think she's a psychologist. But because she is only giving advice and legally, her show is entertainment, she can call herself "doctor." In fact, in entertainment, anyone can call himself "doctor." Like Dr. Seus - he wrote children's books and never earned a doctorate.

Anonymous:
Fucking semantics.  What do you think the parents assume?   Are they aware that this guy had his license revoked?  Do they know that he's been turned down time and again for re-instatement?  You can play all the fucking word games you want with this but what it comes down to is who is qualified and licensed to do what at HLA.

Anne Bonney:

--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Fucking semantics.  What do you think the parents assume?   Are they aware that this guy had his license revoked?  Do they know that he's been turned down time and again for re-instatement?  You can play all the fucking word games you want with this but what it comes down to is who is qualified and licensed to do what at HLA.
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^^ me.

Anonymous:
Anne, I'm sorry if I seem to be trying to fight with you. I'm just telling you guys something you might not know. It doesn't matter if he's the biggest asshole in the universe. Frankly, I despise these hell holes. I worked two weeks at one and when I saw what they were doing to the kids, I got the hell out of there. Two weeks and I'm still bothered by it. I'm delighted when these places fail.

I thought you all would like to know the difference between a degree and a license. It's not semantics - it's just a fact. No offense intended - at all. Truly. A lot of people don't know the difference and I'm trying to provide information. Knowledge is power! I want everyone here (except for Ottawa, of course!) top have power.

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