Legal Opinion
People v. Mari
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 10, 1933PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pound, Ch. J.
Defendant is charged with illegally practicing medicine. (Education Law [Cons. Laws, ch. 16], §§ 1250, 1251.) He is a licensed physiotherapist. Physiotherapy is, generally speaking, the treatment of disease by physical remedies rather than drugs. A license to practice physiotherapy must be obtained from the Department of Education and duly registered. The practice of physiotherapy is strictly defined and narrowly limited by law.
For the purpose of medical treatment it is defined in section 1262 of the Education Law as follows: “ Physiotherapy * * * is the use of actinotherapy,…
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