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What’s In A Name? A Recent Lawsuit May Tell You

Published on Fri Dec 15, 2023

Watch out: Licensing boards could be paying more attention. If your agency employs DNPs, you may want to pay attention to some legal action on how you refer to them. Several clinicians have been fined thousands of dollars for using the honorific “doctor” despite not having doctor of medicine (MD) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) degrees. Background: The honorific “doctor” [...]
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