(a) Offense defined.-- A person commits an offense if the person does any of the following: (1) falsely pretends to hold the office of notary public within this Commonwealth or to hold a professional or occupational license issued by a licensing board; and (2) performs any action in furtherance of this false pretense. (b) Grading.-- (1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2) or (3), an offense under this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree. (2) If the intent of the actor is to harm, defraud or injure anyone, an offense under this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. (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.
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