01-05-2007, 04:21 PM
A 17-year-old boy is brought to an outpatient clinic and requires sutures to close a laceration on his left calf sustained during football practice at his prep school, a military academy where he lives full time on campus. His parents live in another state, 800 miles from the school. The doctor is unable to reach either parent by phone. From whom does the doctor receive permission to treat the boy?
A The boy himself, he is an emancipated minor
B The Dean of students at prep school
C The boy's football coach
D The boy's 18-year-old teammate who accompanied him to the clinic
E The boy's family physician in his hometown
A The boy himself, he is an emancipated minor
B The Dean of students at prep school
C The boy's football coach
D The boy's 18-year-old teammate who accompanied him to the clinic
E The boy's family physician in his hometown