A Bone Flap Is Harvested by a Physician for a Patient

question 12

Multiple Choice

A bone flap is harvested by a physician for a patient at hospital X. The patient has an issue with hospital X and requests to go to hospital Y. The patient is transferred, but the physician wants to continue with the treatment. Which of the following scenarios is possible?

• A) Hospital X would need to be registered with the FDA as a tissue vendor in order to transfer the bone flap to hospital Y.
• B) The patient is allowed to take the bone flap with him to hospital Y because it is autologous.
• C) The physician is licensed to practice at both hospitals, so he is allowed to transfer the bone flap.
• D) There is no tissue with transfer from one hospital to the next, because the material being transferred is bone.

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