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Committee hears bills to bar use of ‘specialist’ title unless practitioner holds specialty license
Summary
Representatives Bierlein and Martis urged the House Health Policy Committee to pass companion bills clarifying that only dentists licensed in recognized specialties may call themselves "specialists" in advertising and on websites, a response to practices that marketers and witnesses said have misled patients.
Representatives Bierlein and Martis presented companion bills, House Bills 45 93 and 45 94, to clarify that only dentists licensed in recognized specialties may market themselves as specialists under Michigan's public health code.
"This package closes the loophole by clarifying that only dentists licensed in a recognized specialty may represent themselves as specialists," Representative Bierlein said, citing patient safety and fairness for legitimately credentialed specialists.
Dr. Doug LeDoux described multiple clinical examples in which parents and patients believed they were…
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