# The Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1985, Paragraph 13


Where—
(a) the patient has been advised by a healthcare professional that they are not fit for work and, in consequence, has refrained from work for at least 6 months immediately preceding the date of the assessment on which the healthcare professional’s statement is based; and
(b) in the healthcare professional’s opinion, the patient will not be fit for work for the foreseeable future,
instead of specifying a period, the healthcare professional may, having regard to the circumstances of the particular case, enter, after the words “case for”, the words “an indefinite period”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1604/schedule/1/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-1985/schedule-1/paragraph-13
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