 [ Symptoms ] when someone can not work due to sickness are they given an order or form  so a member of my family claims that they can not work due to medical reasons whenever asked every couple of weeks or months there is a new or different reason if a doctor really orders them to not work will they write some type of letter or form and provide this to the patient is there any way to verify their claims of being prohibited from working by a physician [ Disease ] if a person cannot work for medical reasons the person is considered disabled temporarily or permanent documentation is usually provided to the person is employer stating that this person is unable to work but the employer or anyone else for that matter does not need to know the specific reasons that is privileged information between the person and hisher medical provider