Pennsylvania Act 2015-10 — CRIMES CODE (18 PA.C.S.) - IMPERSONATING A NOTARY PUBLIC OR A HOLDER OF A PROFESSIONAL OR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE

Act text

Session of 2015

No. 2015-10

SB 485

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation, further providing for the offense of impersonating a notary public or a holder of a professional or occupational license.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 4913(b)(1) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the subsection is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 4913. Impersonating a notary public or a holder of a professional or occupational license.

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(b) Grading.--

(1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2) or (3) , an offense under this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree.

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(3) If the intent of the actor is to impersonate a doctor of medicine and, in so doing, the actor provides medical advice or treatment to another person as a patient, regardless of whether or not the other person suffers harm from the medical advice or treatment, an offense under this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 26th day of June, A.D. 2015.

TOM WOLF