Dr Laurie Miles wrote:
> The Guide for Doctors IB204** produced by the Department of Works and Pensions
> states this:
> -----------------------------
> Rules for the completion of form Med 3
> Section 2
> . You must examine the patient on the day, or the day before, you issue this
> statement
> (Note: Although a certificate can be issued to a patient's representative, this
> does not override the necessity of seeing the patient on the day, or the day
> before, a Med 3 or Med 4 is issued)
> -----------------------------
>
> This is quite clear - you MUST examine the patient, and as part of that
> examination you must SEE the patient.
IANAL but though it says examination - it does not say physical
examination. I am not sure why a
telephone examination should be excluded (after all it works for NHS
direct).
I'm also not a doctor but I do like typing IANAL ;-)
Jeff
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