Which doctrine of liability states that a hospital or healthcare facility, even if not the employer, can be held liable for a sonographer's negligence, if the sonographer is a contractor or independent agent?

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The doctrine of ostensible agency, also known as apparent agency, holds a hospital or healthcare facility responsible for the actions of a sonographer who is a contractor or independent agent because the patient reasonably assumed that the sonographer was an employee or agent of the hospital or facility. The patient relied on the ostensible agency between the sonographer and the hospital, even if that agency was not actually true.

Which Doctrine of Liability States That a Hospital or Healthcare