A teenage boy posed as a doctor at a South Florida hospital for a month, police said last week.

According to the Sun-Sentinel, a patient at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach told staff members last Tuesday that the teen, who wore a lab coat with the hospital's logo, was in an OB/GYN exam room.

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Security guards said the teen had been at the hospital for a month and entered secured areas, police said.

The teen's mother reportedly said he has an illness but refuses to take his medicine. Police said he will not be charged.