'Catch Me If You Can' teenager impersonates doctor The youth, believed to be aged 16, has been seen on wards at the Royal Adelaide Hospital wearing a name badge and uniform and at another hospital, Flinders Medical Centre, wearing an official lanyard and a stethoscope, according to Adelaide Now. He is reportedly confident and well-versed in medical language and terminology. A warning issued by the state authority, SA Health, said the youth had been seen on wards at Royal Adelaide at least three times since October. The warning reportedly states that he has "not to date committed substantive offences, but should he make physical contact with a patient, posing as a clinician, this would constitute criminal assault." "Police are aware of a youth who has been seen at both the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre with a stethoscope around his neck," police said in a statement. Police have attended at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and spoken to the youth, however no related criminal behaviour was identified. In conjunction with Health authorities, police will take appropriate action where criminal offences are disclosed. The state's health minister, John Hill, said authorities were concerned but the youth was not believed to have approached or touched any patients. "He walks around with a clipboard and just talks to people," he said. This is not something we want in our hospitals, we would like to ensure it doesn't happen any further. The national medical health regulator warned Flinders Medical Centre about the youth's activities last month and the information was circulated to nursing directors and security. On the same day, he was spotted by a medical staff member crossing a road and walking away from the hospital in scrubs and the hospital's lanyard. Other sightings followed over the next two days, as he was seen passing through a pain clinic on the hospital's second floor and on another occasion was seen near the hospital's main entrance making his way past admissions. Security staff at the hospital have been ordered to apprehend the youth and escort him to the hospital's executive suite if he is spotted again. Hospital staff have also been working with the medical regulator, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority, to collect statements and CCTV footage. The boy's identity is known to authorities and to the media but has not been made public because he is under the age of 18.