Yes. The Medical Board may place restrictions on this, but it is not otherwise illegal. For example, lawyers can do this, but ethical rules imposed by the Supreme Court require lawyers to make disclaimers in these ads. It could be illegal depending on how the doctor obtained the wreck reports. When I order reports from the Department of Public Safety for use in my cases, the order form contains a warning that information obtained cannot be used for marketing or solicitation. However, if the doctor can get this information from public records, he has a first amendment right to communicate his message to accident victims subject to any reasonable regulation by the medical board.
Answered on Dec 20th, 2012 at 4:02 AM