HPCSA warns doctors over deceitful medical certificates

The Health Professions Council of South Africa, says doctors who issue deceitful or untruthful medical certificates will be dealt with harshly.
This comes after Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga’s warning to witnesses who submit what he called “useless” medical certificates to avoid appearing before the Madlanga Commission.
The commission probing political interference and infiltration in the criminal justice system received at least three medical certificates in recent weeks.
One of them was from North West businessman Brown Mogotsi, and another from a Crime Intelligence officer who submitted a sick note on which his medical condition was illegible.
The HPCSA’s head of corporate affairs, Priscilla Sekhonyana, says health professionals should observe their ethical obligations.
She says, “The ethical rules of conduct for registered health practitioners govern the professional practice of health practitioners, including matters relating to the issuing of medical certificates and reports. A health practitioner who issues a medical certificate that does not comply with these requirements may be reported to the Health Professions Council of South Africa for investigation into a potential contravention of the applicable professional and ethical standards.”

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