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A Florida teen posed as a doctor at the St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla.

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A teenager was caught posing as a doctor for a month in the St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida police say.

Police say 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 Sun Sentinel reports. Police and hospital staff agreed to not charge the boy with a crime.

Police say he wore a white coat with the St. Mary's logo, a stethoscope and a mask on his face, Fox 13 reports. At the time of his arrest, the imposter was in an examination room with a patient.

Dr. Sebastian Kent, an OB/GYN with St. Mary's Medical Center, says the teen introduced himself as "Dr. Robinson." The police report details that 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 tells Fox 13.

A security guard tells police he saw the teen around the hospital for a month, and another witness says the boy entered secured areas in the hospital.

Security footage shows the boy entering through the lobby from the parking lot, the Sun Sentinel says. When interviewed by police, the teen told them that he has been a doctor for years.

According to the police report, the boy's mother says he is under the care of a doctor for an undisclosed illness and refuses to take medicine.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.