The principle requirement for self/Med certs are related to SSP payments. Unless the rules for payment of SSP have changed, yes they can. If they make a habit of doing same then the HR dept may get suspicious but it is an HR issue not an OH one. Anne On 14/1/09 10:33, "Clare Atkinson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi > If somebody self certs for 7 days then comes back to work for 1 day then is > off again with the same reason or related to the first bout of absence can > they legally self cert for another 7 days? > > Cheers > Clare > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS > http://OHJobs.drmaze.net > > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION > http://www.aohne.org.uk > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk