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# 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 abuse** The law requires doctors to report certain diseases to Sivigila and to alert the authorities to…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/mandatory-reporting-public-health-violence-and-abuse/)
- [**Medical certificates: sick leave, death and medico-legal reports** A medical certificate attests to a person's health, birth or death; it must be truthful and…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/medical-certificates-sick-leave-death-and-medico-legal-reports/)
- [**Treating doctor and expert witness: two roles that do not mix** The treating doctor cares for the patient; the expert reports impartially to the court](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/treating-doctor-and-expert-witness-two-roles-that-do-not-mix/)

## 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…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/the-sick-leave-certificate-for-non-occupational-illness/)

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