Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Is it a felony if a babysitter misrepresents herself as a childs aunt to a physician? She obtained un-nessary medical treatment against the parent with final say and full legal custody. She put my 8 year old daughter through a vaginal exam, results were normal.


Asked on 12/05/09, 3:02 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Lyle Johnson Bedi and Johnson Attorneys at Law

The facts you have presented do not add up. A doctor should not be treating a child based on the authority of the child's aunt. Report this to the police and let them evaluate the situation. The babysitter could be charged with a criminal act. The doctor could lose his license.

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Answered on 12/10/09, 6:17 pm


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