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The Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) started to control sick leaves issued during consultations. — ZUS accused me of not having a physical examination. They are difficult to do over the phone — the doctors complain. Now Adam Niedzielski has spoken about the layoffs.
- During the pandemic, Poles used telepaths en masse. This also applies to the issuing of sick leaves
- The government encouraged such a solution, but ZUS questions its legality, referring to the regulation, which states that the exemption may be issued only “after conducting a direct health examination”
- Now, the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, took the floor. — In our opinion, the e-leave solution should function remotely — He said
- More information can be found on the Onet homepage
Adam Niedzielski: e-exemptions should continue to function
Adam Niedzielski commented on the confusion related to issuing sick leaves during teleportation. The legality of such a solution is questioned by the Social Insurance Institution.
— We have always treated e-solutions as a package of some kind, said the Minister of Health during a press conference on Friday, during which he announced the date of ending the state of the epidemic in Poland. In our opinion, the e-leave solution should function remotely — added.
— We will be in dialogue with ZUS, persuading ZUS to adopt such an interpretation that will not cause any doubts. I have already made an appointment with Mrs. Uścińska for a meeting and I hope that we will work out a solution that will be based on rationality and on the application of regulations, which is primarily purposeful, pragmatic — explained Niedzielski.
ZUS checks sick leave
According to the marketzdrowia.pl website, ZUS decided to inspect it sick leavethat were displayed via teleports during the pandemic COVID-19. This practice was somewhat common due to the government, which in the era of coronavirus encouraged remote medical visits and issuing sick leaves based on telephone calls. Such information was also available on official websites.
It turned out, however, that the regulations in this respect had not been changed. The ordinance of the Minister of Health states that “a medical certificate of temporary incapacity to work due to illness is issued only after a direct medical examination”, without mentioning teleporting.
Therefore, now ZUS sends letters to doctors asking them to explain any irregularities. ZUS emphasizes that it has the full right to control the process of issuing L4, which does not immediately mean that it questions a given sick leave.
ZUS accused me of not having a physical examination, and it was stated in the documentation that the visit took place in the teleportation system. It is difficult to do a physical examination over the phone
— wrote one of the doctors on the Facebook profile of the Resident Alliance.
Other doctors were also accused of “lacking a physical examination” and shared their comments with the same group on social media. ZUS called them to “explain in writing the reasons for the irregularities in keeping medical records”.
Some doctors reported to the lawyers of the district medical chamber. There, they received the reply that the absence of a physical examination during teleportation is something normal, because “by means of distance communication it is impossible to perform it”. They were also reassured that the L4 could be displayed as teleportation, and the basis for this is an interview.
Each sick leave can be inspected
Rynekzdrowia.pl website contacted ZUS spokesman, Paweł Żebrowski.
«In accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 25, 1999 on cash benefits from social insurance in the event of sickness and maternity, each medical certificate on temporary incapacity to work may be inspected for the correctness of adjudication of temporary incapacity to work and for issuing medical certificates. The control in the indicated scope is carried out by a ZUS certifying doctor. The decision on the method of carrying out the inspection is made by the ZUS certifying physician individually in each case » — the spokesman replied, quoted by Rynekzdrowia.pl.
Paweł Żebrowski also added that in the case of displaying L4 via teleportation, “an in-depth medical interview” is necessary.
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