Who provides physicians with the authority to admit and provide care to clients requiring hospitalization?
A) The health care institution itself
B) Board of Healing Arts
C) American Medical Association
D) State Board of Nursing
Ans: A
Physicians are granted the authority to admit clients to a health care agency or institution, and to provide care in that setting by the health care agency or institution itself. They are licensed to practice medicine by a state medical board, not a state board of nursing or a board of healing arts.
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