To
speed up the processing of work injury cases by employers and employees, the employer
and employee may agree to adopt the scheme of paper sick leave clearance to facilitate
the issue of the Certificate of Compensation Assessment (Form 5). The concerned
case has to meet the following criteria : - The period of sick leave
exceeds 7 days but not exceeding 30 days;
- The injury does not lead
to any permanent incapacity;
- The injury does not involve damage to
teeth or the need for the fitting of prostheses and surgical appliances;
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All the sick leave certificates are issued by registered medical practitioners,
registered Chinese medicine practitioners (Note) or registered dentists;
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The injury was not caused by a prescribed occupational disease; and
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The sick leave of the employee has ended.
In addition, both the employer
and the employee have to agree beforehand for adopting the scheme of paper sick
leave clearance to settle the case. To utilize this scheme, the employer is only
required to complete an application form available at all the offices of the Employees'
Compensation Division and send it with the relevant information to the appropriate
Employees' Compensation Division branch office. In such a case, the employee is
not required to approach the Occupational Medicine Unit in person for sick leave
clearance.
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