Not sure what you mean by a "true teaching hospital"-- by definition, a teaching hospital is one that has residents (trust me--I'm going to be a resident in a couple months).RottenApple wrote:Please reread what I wrote without reading into it. I didn't say that all hospitals were teaching hospitals. I said that hospitals could be said to be "teaching" hospitals because they have interns, residents, etc.; but what makes a hospital a true teaching hospital is that it is attached to a medical school.hirundo82 wrote:No, the vast majority of hospitals are not teaching hospitals (no residents, medical students, etc).RottenApple wrote: As for being a teaching office, not an issue unless its OWNED by an accredited teaching hospital. The teaching hospital issue is kinda weird. EVERY hospital has interns, residents, etc. So every hospital can be said to be a "teaching" hospital. IMO, what makes a hospital a true teaching hospital is that it is attached to a medical school. University Hospital in San Antonio or Baylor Dental College for examples.
And teaching hospitals aren't even explicitly off limit by statute--to be convicted, the prosecutor would have to show they fall under the "school" prohibition of PC46.03 (and I'm not sure you could convince a jury of that--it wouldn't seem to me to fall under what the man on the street would think of as a school).
Btw, most hospitals do have interns and residents. At least in urban areas.
Few hospitals are owned by medical schools, more are affiliated with medical schools for the purposes of having med students and residents rotate there, and it's still ambiguous what level of involvement is enough to constitute an off-limits area for CHLs.