Sarasota woman found guilty of practicing medicine without a license
Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC
** Update **
SCSO: On 11/26/25, Jaqlyn M. Tinaro was found guilty on all counts! She was sentenced to 6 months of community control followed by 2 years of probation. While in the U.S., she is prohibited from practicing medicine. She was also ordered to pay $75,000.36 in restitution to the victims, and to have no contact with any of them. This was a lengthy and complex investigation, and an example of outstanding work by our Special Investigations Section. See the original news release below for more info.
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SCSO
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a local woman for practicing medicine without a license.
On June 28, Jaqlyn Michelle Tinaro, aka Jaqlyn Jacobs, was arrested and charged with four felony counts of Unlicensed Practice of a Healthcare Professional. Tinaro, often referred to as Dr. Jaqlyn, saw patients at the Virtue of Health medical office at 4161 Clark Road.
The Virtue of Health website describes the office as a “wellness center offering integrative and functional medicine”. It also provides a photo of its founder, Jacobs, wearing a white medical lab coat with her credentials noted as an NMD, understood to mean “Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine.”