nowhere did i say that medical professionals were not free to refuse to do anything. i said that to say that a medical professional SHOULD NOT perform piercings is preposterous, to use Soother’s word. i have had my ears pierced by physicians, exclusively. as far as what CODES they used, well that’s not my purview. but i do know that physicians perform piercings. and yes, as you said in your last sentence, they are able to refuse and clients can find someone else willing to do it, aka another medical professional who does them.