§ 990 Physician Definition For Article

• •A 'physician' is someone who is allowed to practice medicine in any state or country.
• •Even if a patient thinks someone is a doctor, but they're not, the law still treats them as a 'physician' if the patient's belief is reasonable.

You go to a clinic and see a person in a white coat who says they're a doctor. You believe them because they look and act like a doctor.

Even if that person isn't actually a licensed doctor, the law says they can be treated as a 'physician' because you had a good reason to believe they were one.