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Doctor and Patient

​The treating doctor is accountable for managing sick leaves.

e-Sick Leave

As of January 1st 2020, an amendment to Act No. 187/2006 Coll., on Sickness insurance applies, which introduces electronic sick leave. This law also stipulates the duties and authorizations of physicians in relation to the issuance and management of temporary sick leaves from work and imposes sanctions for their violation.

Rules for issuing and managing temporary sick leave from work

  • The obligation to expose sick leave lies with the doctor who has found out by his examination that the patient's state of health does not allow him to perform his work.

  • This applies to doctors of all specialties (outpatient specialist, hospital doctor, etc., with the exception of the emergency medical service and the emergency service). 

  • The doctor who treats the patient for the given disease, determines the dates of examinations, etc. (the attending physician) is obliged to manage the sick leave from work. 

  • The general practitioner must not expose and lead sick leave from work if he is not the attending physician for the given disease. The general practitioner must not expose and lead incapacity for work outside their area of expertise. 

  • If you have been sent to our office by another doctor who is treating you for a given disease, only because of your disability, we cannot satisfy you. 

  • Please don't ask us to break the law and risk sanctions. 

  • The doctor who sends you to us has not fulfilled his legal obligation. In violation of the law, it forces you to waste time unnecessarily on the way and waiting in our surgery.

  • The above follows from the valid Act No. 187/2006 Coll., And was repeatedly confirmed by the opinions of the Ministry of Health, the Czech Social Security Administration, the Czech Medical Chamber and the Association of General Practitioners of the Czech Republic.

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