PTS Healthcare, Inc. v. Mid-Century Insurance Co.

4[ 1 I dissent.

2 Title 59 0.8.2001, § 725.2 concerns who is permitted to use the term "doctor" when performing the healing arts. The statute is clearly a provision for protection of the public and has no application to persons with doctoral degrees in other professions. Thus, I would not extend Section 725.2 to limit the class of those who can claim a lien under 42 ©.9.2001, § 46.

1 3 Moreover, the Majority's narrow definition of "physicians" overlooks historical applications of the lien statute. As the Majority observes, PTS was previously allowed to assert a Section 46 lien without challenge…