When employees take time away from work, or take the day off, they are required to submit vacation leaves or sick leave forms. For those who are going on vacation, they use the former, and for those who are not feeling well, they use the latter. However, when all these have been used up, or for some companies to be able to accept the sick leave form, they would need to submit these together authentic doctors excuses. If not, then the sick leave will be considered without pay and will not be excused or paid for until they present one.

Nowadays, it is easy to secure doctors excuses online, but take note that these are fakes. These are convenient ways of getting all kinds of excuse notes, from notes for skin diseases, bone related illnesses, stomach pains, muscle pains, headaches and even mental illnesses, and you will be able to customize these online. All you need to do is find a site that offers authentic looking doctors excuses and purchase them for a minimal cost of $10 to $15, then a link or the file will be sent to you, you will then customize the note according to your requirements, needs and reasons for excuse, and that’s it, you can go ahead and print it, and submit it to your employer when you get back.

Authentic doctors excuses have some characteristics that make it different from fake ones. These can be in the form of a letterhead used by the doctor or the clinic where he holds office. This is just a blank paper with the information about the physician on the top of the page and the doctor just writes his findings, prescriptions and information about the patient. Authentic doctors excuses can also be written on a prescription pad of the physician or on a special form. A special form is a pre-printed form wherein the doctor just fills in the information about the whole check up. There are blanks for the dates, the names, and the reason for absence.

There are four major parts of the note to check to make sure you are using authentic doctors excuses. These are the information about the doctor or clinic, the date when the patient consulted the doctor, information on the patient and the medical certification. The information on about the doctor must contain his address, contact number and complete name. If in any case your employer would want to double check or ask about your condition, he or she can refer to the submitted doctors excuse and call your doctor up. The date of consultation must be included in the note as this will prove that you have been absent on a certain date due to some illness. Complete information about the patient is another important part and should contain the patient’s complete name and age. And lastly, the medical certification - this is the part wherein the doctor notes down all the prescription, the reason for absence, when the patient is already allowed to go back to work, and under what conditions can he or she work in.