A Bone Flap Is Harvested by a Physician for a Patient

Multiple Choice

A bone flap is harvested by a physician for a patient at hospital X. The patient has an issue with hospital X and requests to go to hospital Y. The patient is transferred, but the physician wants to continue with the treatment. Which of the following scenarios is possible?

A) Hospital X would need to be registered with the FDA as a tissue vendor in order to transfer the bone flap to hospital Y.
B) The patient is allowed to take the bone flap with him to hospital Y because it is autologous.
C) The physician is licensed to practice at both hospitals, so he is allowed to transfer the bone flap.
D) There is no tissue with transfer from one hospital to the next, because the material being transferred is bone.