Certificates and mandatory reporting

Medical and medico-legal certificates, and what a doctor must report by law.

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Topic

• Mandatory reporting: public health, violence and abuseThe law requires doctors to report certain diseases to Sivigila and to alert the authorities to…
• Medical certificates: sick leave, death and medico-legal reportsA medical certificate attests to a person's health, birth or death; it must be truthful and…
• Treating doctor and expert witness: two roles that do not mixThe treating doctor cares for the patient; the expert reports impartially to the court

Law

• The sick-leave certificate for non-occupational illness (Decrees 1427 of 2022 and 2126 of 2023)Sick leave is issued by the treating doctor after examining the patient, for up to 30 days at a…

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Educational content on ethics and health law; not legal advice. Laws and case law change: each page links the official text and says when it was last checked. For a real case, read the text in force and ask a lawyer or the medical ethics tribunal.

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