Medical assets lose their protected status by which action?

• A. They are no longer medical
• B. They commit acts harmful to the enemy
• C. They disobey treatment protocols
• D. They are captured

Answer: (B)

Medical assets are protected under international humanitarian law as long as they perform only medical duties and do not engage in hostilities. Their protected status ends when they commit acts harmful to the enemy—once they participate in or enable harm against opposing forces, they can no longer enjoy protection and may be treated as legitimate military targets. Being captured does not automatically remove protection, and simply disobeying protocols or no longer being purely medical does not itself revoke the protection in the same way.