PRINTER'S NO. 1061
No. 923 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY McMONAGLE, RIEGER, PUNT, PIEVSKY, McINTYRE,
MANDERINO, SALVATORE, DONATUCCI, SEVENTY, OLASZ, STEWART,
PISTELLA, LINTON, GRUPPO, FEE, MILLER, BELOFF, COY, McCALL,
GLADECK, GEORGE, WOGAN, EVANS AND O'BRIEN, MAY 3, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MAY 3, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further defining the term "physician";
3 and making editorial changes.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. The definition of "physician" in section 1991 of
7 Title 1 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to
8 read:
9 § 1991. Definitions.
10 The following words and phrases, when used in any statute
11 finally enacted on or after September 1, 1937, unless the
12 context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the meanings
13 ascribed to them in this section:
14 * * *
15 "Physician."
16 (1) When used in any statute finally enacted on or
17 before April 6, 1951, an individual licensed under the laws
1 of this Commonwealth to engage in the practice of medicine
2 and surgery in any or all of its branches;
3 (2) when used in any statute finally enacted on or after
4 April 7, 1951 and on or before June 14, 1957, an individual
5 licensed under the laws of this Commonwealth to engage in the
6 practice of medicine and surgery in any or in all of its
7 branches within the scope of the act of June 3, 1911
8 (P.L.639, No.246) relating to medicine and surgery and its
9 amendments, or in the practice of osteopathy or osteopathic
10 surgery within the scope of the act of March 19, 1909
11 (P.L.46, No.29) and its amendments; and
12 (3) when used in any statute finally enacted on or after
13 June 15, 1957, an individual licensed under the laws of this
14 Commonwealth to engage in the practice of medicine and
15 surgery in all of its branches within the scope of the act of
16 June 3, 1911 (P.L.639, No.246) relating to medicine and
17 surgery and its amendments, or the act of July 20, 1974
18 (P.L.551, No.190), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1974,
19 or in the practice of osteopathy or osteopathic surgery
20 within the scope of the act of March 19, 1909 (P.L.46, No.29)
21 and its amendments, or the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109,
22 No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, or in
23 the practice of podiatric medicine or podiatric surgery
24 within the scope of the act of March 2, 1956 (1955 P.L.1206,
25 No.375), known as the Podiatry Act of 1956. With respect to
26 the practice of podiatric medicine or podiatric surgery, this
27 paragraph shall not enlarge or diminish the rights given to
28 and obligations required of doctors of podiatric medicine as
29 set forth in the Podiatry Act of 1956. Any person authorized
30 to practice podiatry may use the title "physician" or
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1 "surgeon" when such title is qualified by words showing that
2 the podiatrist is a physician or surgeon of the foot.
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4 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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