Obligations of the physician (doctor) in sickness insurance

Summary

In spite of the fact that Act No. 187/2006 Coll., on sickness insurance, dated 12 May 2006, came into operation on the 1st of January 2009 and it has been applied in practice for over 4 years, there is yet confusion between the insured, attending physicians (doctors) and the sickness insurance authorities in the implementation of this law. This act is often amended, since the validity of an already 25 edits, while some do not have a direct link to the activities of doctors in assessing the health of insured persons for the purposes of sickness insurance. Purpose of this article is to inform specialized public with some legal aspects of this administrative procedure, which shall enter the attending doctor, when assessing the biologically justified incapacity to work.

Keywords:
sickness insurance – temporary incapacity to work – sickness benefit (sick pay) – attendance allowance – maternity benefit – compensatory benefit in pregnancy and maternity promotive period – support period – protection period