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[Star Trek] Is the transporter room necessary in order to beam people?

In TNG, the regularly beam people from the planet directly to sick bay. And from one random room to other ships/planets. So why is the actual transporter bay necessary?  Is it just for safety with other options for emergencies?
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I don't know how all this works, but it's possible that they can only beam people directly from and to the transporter bay, so if they want to send someone from a planet to sick bay they beam them to the transporter bay and then from there to sick bay, but it all happens so fast you won't actually notice anything in the transporter bay. But you still need to make sure nothing is in the way.