The purpose of a subpoena duces tecum is to A. require a health care worker to testify about a patient's condition. B. co
mmand a plaintiff to witness during his or her trial. C. limit the amount of information that can be released from a medical record. D. command a witness to produce documents or things.
Answer: D. command a witness to produce documents or things.
Explanation: The term subpoena means a command issued by the court. The command may be a subpoena ad testificandum, which commands a witness to appear and give testimony; a subpoena duces tecum, which commands a witness to produce documents or things; or both.
A subpoena duces tecum is used to compel the release of medical records.
<span> is a </span>court summons<span> ordering the recipient to appear before the court and produce documents or other tangible </span>evidence<span> for use at a </span>hearing<span> or </span>trial<span>.</span>
Its origins begin as a tribal game played by eastern Woodlands and by some Plains Indians tribes in (what is now) the U.S and Canada. The game was then majorly modified by European colonizers to create its current professional form.
