143HIssue of certificates

### 143H Issue of certificates > [*\[Section 143H Inserted by No. 85 of 2009, s. 47, Applied:01 Jul 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-07-01/act-2009-085#GS47@EN) > > > (1)  [*\[Section 143H Subsection (1) amended by No. 39 of 2017, s. 41, Applied:01 Jan 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-01-01/act-2017-039#GS41@Hpa@EN) A medical practitioner may not issue a medical certificate under this Act certifying that a worker is totally incapacitated for work for a period of more than 28 days, unless the certificate specifies – > > > > > > (a) [*\[Section 143H Subsection (1) amended by No. 39 of 2017, s. 41, Applied:01 Jan 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-01-01/act-2017-039#GS41@Hpb@EN) the medical practitioner's reasons why the period is longer than 28 days; and > > > > > > > (b) a date on which the medical practitioner will review whether the worker remains totally incapacitated for work. > > > (2)  If a medical practitioner is of the opinion that a worker is unlikely, for a period (whether limited or indefinite), to be able to resume – > > > > > > (a) work for the number of hours in a week for which the worker was generally engaged by the employer before the worker suffered the workplace injury; or > > > > > > > (b) some or all of the duties for which the worker was generally engaged by the employer before the worker suffered the workplace injury – > > > > the medical practitioner must, in a medical certificate issued under this Act, specify the opinion, the reasons for it, and the period. > > > (3)  A failure to comply with [subsection (1)](#GS143H@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS143H@Gs2@EN) in relation to a medical certificate does not affect the validity of a claim to which the certificate relates.