State v. Pollman

Citations

• 51 Wash. 110
• 98 P. 88
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 978

Syllabus

<p>Physicians and Surgeons — License—Offenses—What Constitutes Practicing — Advertising as “Dr.” — Statutes—Construction. It is competent for the legislature to prohibit advertisement or the use of the words “Physician” and “Doctor” without first securing a license as a physician, and to provide that such use shall constitute “practicing medicine”; and it is immaterial that the words were used in connection with “Osteopathic and Magnetic” or “Drug-less”, or that the abbreviation “Dr.” was employed in place of “Doctor.”</p> <p>Statutes — Title and Subjects — Sufficiency. The title to an act to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery is sufficiently broad to include provisions making it unlawful for an unlicensed person to call or advertise himself as “Physician” or “Doctor.”</p>