A physician has just purchased a medical practice from a physician who is retiring. One of the patients seen today requires hospitalization. Can the new physician admit this patient to the local hospital?

Question

1. If the retiring physician admitted patients to the hospital, the new physician is also allowed to admit patients.
2. Only after the new physician is credentialed and privileged to admit patients.
3. If the patient has been hospitalized before in this hospital, the physician can readmit the patient.
4. It depends on whether the new physician also purchased rights of admission.

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Explanation: 1. The status of the new physician is not dependent upon the status of the retiring physician.
2. Each physician, advanced nurse practitioner, and nurse midwife who wants to admit patients to a hospital must go through the process of credentialing and privileging.
3. Whether the patient has been admitted before or not is not a determinant of the physician's right to admit.
4. Right to admit is not purchased.