Sick UW students, staff won't need doctor's notes
WHITEWATER — Sick University of Wisconsin students, faculty and staff won't need to show doctor's notes for extended medical absences this academic year.
The Board of Regents has suspended a rule that requires employees who claim more than five days of sick leave to have medical documentation. The regents also made clear that ill students also should not have to get notes.
The change comes in response to federal guidance to universities that doctor's notes should not be required as the swine flu spreads. Health officials say removing the requirement will encourage sick people to stay home and ease the burden on overwhelmed doctors.
Already, dozens of UW-Madison students have tested positive for the flu.
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