--- title: Florida Teen Arrested for Pretending to Be Doctor description: Malachi Love-Robinson, 18, was posing and practicing as a licensed doctor, authorities said canonical: https://time.com/4227301/florida-teen-posing-doctor/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-17T15:40:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:09:04.007Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Florida Teen Arrested for Posing as Licensed Doctor og:description: Malachi Love-Robinson even opened his own medical offices, authorities said og:url: https://time.com/4227301/florida-teen-posing-doctor/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1968be839556b51a/69887de72dce01b42f9e7d75/malachi-love-robinson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: malachi love-robinson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Florida Teen Arrested for Posing as Licensed Doctor twitter:description: Malachi Love-Robinson even opened his own medical offices, authorities said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1968be839556b51a/69887de72dce01b42f9e7d75/malachi-love-robinson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Florida Teen Arrested for Posing as Licensed Doctor by [Gemma Dicasimirro and Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Gemma Dicasimirro and Erik Ortiz / NBC News Feb 17, 2016 3:40 PM CUT  Courtesy of Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department by [Gemma Dicasimirro and Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Gemma Dicasimirro and Erik Ortiz / NBC News Feb 17, 2016 3:40 PM CUT He wasn’t exactly Doogie Howser, M.D., according to police. An 18-year-old Florida man is accused of posing as a licensed doctor, going as far as opening his own West Palm Beach offices — calling it the New Birth New Life ​Medical Center & Urgent Care, with [a website](http://www.nbnlmedicalcenter.com/staff.html "undefined") and all — in order to solicit patients, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. As part of an undercover operation, authorities said, an agent posed as a patient at the clinic to seek advice from the alleged doctor, young Malachi A. Love-Robinson. The teenager then performed a physical exam and offered his supposed… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-teen-arrested-performing-exam-fake-doctor-own-offices-authorities-n519676?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4227301/florida-teen-posing-doctor/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4227301/florida-teen-posing-doctor/"},"headline":"Florida Teen Arrested for Posing as Licensed Doctor","datePublished":"2016-02-17T15:40:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:09:04.007Z","description":"Malachi Love-Robinson even opened his own medical offices, authorities said","url":"https://time.com/4227301/florida-teen-posing-doctor/","keywords":["Florida","medicine","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1968be839556b51a/69887de72dce01b42f9e7d75/malachi-love-robinson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Gemma Dicasimirro and Erik Ortiz / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1968be839556b51a/69887de72dce01b42f9e7d75/malachi-love-robinson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"malachi love-robinson","caption":"","creditText":"Courtesy of Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/florida/","name":"Florida"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4227301/florida-teen-posing-doctor/","name":"Florida Teen Arrested for Posing as Licensed Doctor"}}]}] ```