Question: Answer the question based upon the hypothetical given below. It's was busy Friday night in Downtown-Metro Hospital (MH) emergency room. Some of the things that

Answer the question based upon the hypothetical given below.
It's was busy Friday night in Downtown-Metro Hospital (MH) emergency room. Some of the things that happened that
night are as follows.
Nurse Ratchet is having a rough night, working despite the fact that she has a recurring urinary tract infection, When Dr.
Pierce asks her what is wrong, she tells him of her ailment. Being of a sympathetic sort, Dr. Pierce tells Nurse Ratchet that he
can just prescribe antibiotics for her and she can avoid having to go through any of the steps and cost of having to formally get
them as a patient. He hands her the prescription and that was the end of it, no billing, no records, no hassle.
In Bay 2, Dr. McCoy is treating a patient, John Babble, for a minor cut on his hand. She is a careful doctor, but likes to chat
while she works. While she is stitching him up, she tells him that a well known local millionaire is sitting in Bay 5, being
treated for chest pain. She says she can't tell Mr. Babble the name of the patient, but that she can say he lives in the big
mansion on the corner of First and Bay Street. Mr. Babble gives a knowing nod and a smile and says he hopes that that the
mystery patient is okay.
Focusing only on the subjects studied in this Module Six, are there concerns of legal violations in any of these scenarios?
What would those concerns be? Discuss each concern and the applicable laws.

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