Wisconsin Medical Examining Board Reviewing Sick Note Allegations

Published December 23, 2015

The Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing is reviewing complaints that doctors wrote fake sick notes to people missing work while protesting Governor Scott Walker's proposed budget. The department oversees the state's Medical Examining Board.

Dave Ross, the department's secretary says "over the weekend the agency received numerous contacts concerning physicians involved in writing medical excuses for those attending rallies at the State Capitol."

"Any charge against a physician is taken seriously and this is no exception," Ross continued in a statement. "Rest assured, the agency is processing these complaints as quickly as possible. DRL will be working with the independent Medical Examining Board to appropriately review these complaints."

The statement goes on to say that part of both the Department of Regulation and Licensing and the Medical Examining Board's responsibility is to "discipline individuals who act improperly in the practice of their profession."

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is already investigating reports that some of its doctors were involved in writing fake sick notes at the protest.

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