When the medical assistant puts a patient in the examination room to wait for the physician, the usual place to put the patient's medical record is ____. 

A. on the countertop in the examination room
B. in a rack that hangs on the wall directly outside the examination room
C. at the reception desk for the physician to pick up before entering the room
D. in a rack attached to the inside of the examination room door
E. in the appropriate place in the filing cabinet that holds patient records


B. in a rack that hangs on the wall directly outside the examination room
A rack for the patient's medical records usually hangs on the wall directly outside the exam room or on the outside of the door.

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