| (Reg. 110) |
| PART A |
| RULES FOR MEDICAL CERTIFICATION |
| 1. | Every certificate shall be written in ink or other indelible substance, signed by a registered medical practitioner, and shall contain the following particulars: |
| (a) | the claimant's name; |
| (b) | the date and place of the examination on which the certificate is based; |
| (c) | a concise statement of the disease or disablement by which the claimant is, in the medical practitioner's opinion, at the time rendered incapable of work; |
| (d) | the date on which the certificate is given; |
| (e) | the address of the medical practitioner; and |
| (f) | the signature of the medical practitioner. |
| 2. | The statement of the incapacitating disease or disablement in the certificate shall specify the cause of incapacity as precisely as the practitioner's knowledge of the claimant's condition at the time of the examination. |
| 3. | Despite paragraph 2, if in the opinion of the medical practitioner, a disclosure to the claimant of the precise cause would be prejudicial to his well-being, the certificate may contain a less precise statement. |
| 4. | Every certificate must have been given on a date not more than one day after the date of the examination upon which it is based, and no further certificate based on the same examination shall be furnished other than a certificate to replace an original certificate which has been lost or mislaid, but in that case the form shall be clearly marked “DUPLICATE”. |
| 5. | Where the claimant is being attended by a medical practitioner in the Public Service or is receiving treatment on the advice of such a medical practitioner at any hospital as either an in-patient or an out-patient, the certificate shall be on a form supplied by the Director for the purpose and shall be signed by that medical practitioner. |
| 6. | Where the claimant is being attended by any other medical practitioner the certificate shall be either on a form supplied by the Director or on such form substantially to the like effect as the Director may accept, and shall be signed by such other medical practitioner. |
| 7. | The certificate shall be in the form set out in Part B of this Schedule. |
| 8. | In a case in which, in the opinion of the medical practitioner the claimant will become fit to resume work on a day not later than the end of the 7th day after the date of the examination on which the certificate is based, the certificate shall specify the first-mentioned day. |
| 9. | In any other case, the certificate shall cover a specified number of days from and including that date of the examination on which the certificate is based, which shall not exceed 7 days in the case of a first certificate, 14 days in respect of a second certificate and 28 days in respect of any subsequent certificate. |
| 10. | In computing any period of time in relation to any certificate given under these Regulations, Sundays and Public Holidays shall be included. |