The medical assistant cannot legally provide the information for the patient about which of the following?

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The medical assistant cannot legally provide the information for the patient about informed consent. It is the provider's responsibility to make sure that each patient understands the treatment or procedure and has had all questions answered satisfactorily before the patient signs a consent form. However, the medical assistant can witness the document and ask the patient to sign the consent form. Implied consent is sufficient for common or simple procedures generally understood to involve little risk. However, the medical assistant should always ask the patient's permission to perform procedures, even those as simple as taking vital signs. You can do this by using expressed consent. Expressed consent, sometimes known as general consent, is consent given after the patient is asked a question, such as "Can I gather your health history?" If the patient replies "Yes," you have been given expressed consent to perform that procedure.

The Medical Assistant Cannot Legally Provide the Information for the Patient