26. Untrue or misleading certificates and similar documents
- 26.1 Doctors are required to issue reports and certificates for a variety of purposes (e.g. insurance claim forms, payment receipts, medical reports, vaccination certificates, sick leave certificates) on the basis that the truth of the contents can be accepted without question. Doctors are expected to exercise care in issuing certificates and similar documents, and should not include in them statements which they have not taken appropriate steps to verify.
- 26.2 A sick leave certificate can only be issued after proper medical consultation of the patient by the doctor. The date of consultation and the date of issue must be truly stated in the certificate, including a certificate recommending retrospective sick leave.
- 26.3 Any doctor who in his professional capacity gives any certificate or similar document containing statements which are untrue, misleading or otherwise improper renders himself liable to disciplinary proceedings. The signing of blank certificates is prohibited by the Council.
- 26.4 Doctors must not issue more than one original receipt in respect of the same payment. Copy receipts must be clearly stated to be copies or duplicates. If it is necessary to issue separate receipts for fractions of the payment for a single item of service, it should be clearly stated in each receipt the amount of the full payment and that the receipt is in respect of the part payment only.
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