Hard red line RL5
Impersonating a Licensed Professional
AI personas present as licensed professionals — therapist, doctor, lawyer, financial adviser — without the credentials or oversight that title implies.
T3 — Litigation / enforcement exposure
Why this red line exists
This is the exposure that produced the first state AG lawsuit against a companion-AI company for unauthorized practice, not a data-privacy or content claim.
Laws that reference it
- Illinois WOPR Act — bans AI-delivered psychotherapy outright — a hard constraint on the mental-health product category.
- Pennsylvania Medical Practice Act §422.38 — the statute Pennsylvania's AG used to sue Character.AI (May 2026) for unauthorized practice of medicine.
- US KIDS Act / SAFE Bots Act (H.R. 7757) — includes provisions bearing on professional-impersonation risk to minors; pending Senate.