West Palm Beach police busted a juvenile who was posing as a doctor — with a white lab coat and all — for a month at St. Mary's Medical Center. 
 
 Police said they got a call on Jan. 13 about a juvenile walking around in a white doctor's lab coat and carrying a stethoscope who was telling people he was a doctor. 
 
 The juvenile's age is redacted from the incident report. Police and hospital staff agreed to not charge him with a crime. 
 
 Staff at the medical center's OB/GYN office was alerted by a patient that a young male who "appeared to be a child" was dressed as a doctor and was inside an exam room. The patient said he had a lab coat with the St. Mary's logo and "anesthesiology" stitched on the front, according to the incident report. 
 
 A security guard told police the boy is known around the hospital as a doctor. The guard said he had seen the "doctor" around for about a month, according to the report. 
 
 Another security guard told police she had seen the boy gain access to secured areas of the hospital in the past week. Security footage showed the boy entering the lobby from the parking lot. Officers saw the car parked outside and could see a white lab coat on a hanger in the back seat. 
 
 When interviewed by police, the teen told them that he has been a doctor for "years," and that his family could vouch for him. 
 
 One of the OB/GYN's said he had never seen the boy at the hospital before. Later he told police he discovered a note from the boy on his desk, asking the doctor whether he could "shadow" him, according to the report. 
 
 The boy's mother told police he is under the care of a doctor for an undisclosed illness but refuses to take medicine, according to the report. 
 
 kjacobson@sunsentinel.com, 561-243-6547 or Twitter @katejacobson ||||| WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Police say a teenager in Florida was “playing doctor” inside a real medical facility. 
 
 The teen, who posed as a doctor, was able to walk the halls of St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach. 
 
 Police say he wore a white coat with the St. Mary’s logo. 
 
 “I think it’s just crazy. I can’t believe he got away with it for a month,” Stacy Morales said. 
 
 The impostor was busted while wearing a stethoscope around his neck and a mask on his face. 
 
 At the time, he was in an examination room with a patient. 
 
 “He presented himself with a patient of our practice and introduced himself as Dr. Robinson,” Dr. Sebastian Kent said, an OB/GYN with St. Mary’s Medical Center. 
 
 According to the police report, the teen was inside the examination room with a patient when Dr. Kent conducted an exam. 
 
 “The first thing I thought was, ‘I am getting, I am really getting old because these young doctors look younger every year,” Dr. Kent said. 
 
 The real doctor called security, who then called police. 
 
 Even security guards around the hospital had seen him for weeks and believed he was someone who belonged there. 
 
 “I saw him outside our office building with policemen surrounding him. I believe they had him in handcuffs. There was quite a commotion,” Dr. Kent said. 
 
 The hospital said in a statement: 
 
 “The individual never had contact with any hospital patients and did not gain access to any patient care areas of the hospital at any time. The hospital immediately notified local authorities, who took the individual into custody, and we are cooperating with their ongoing investigation.” 
 
 The teen’s mother rushed to the scene, saying her son has an illness. 
 
 She said he had not been taking his medication. 
 
 Police and the hospital have decided not to charge the teen.
– Apparently, the only thing necessary to pass yourself off as a doctor—an OB/GYN, no less—is an official-looking white coat. Fox 13 reports that a teenager pulled it off for a month at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. The center insists that the unnamed juvenile never had contact with patients, but he apparently came close. A police reports says the ruse finally came to a halt when the teen was inside an exam room with a doctor and his patient. “The first thing I thought was, ‘I am getting, I am really getting old because these young doctors look younger every year,” recalls Dr. Sebastian Kent. The suspicious doctor called authorities, and the youth was taken into custody. His mother later explained that her son has an undisclosed illness for which he's been refusing to take medication, and no charges were filed, reports the Orlando Sun-Sentinel. Based on interviews with security guards, "Dr. Robinson" had been walking the halls of the facility for about a month, and he had gotten into secured areas. "Terrifying," writes a blogger at Jezebel.