Posted on 01/27/2012 11:23:08 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Madison - The Madison School District has released additional sick notes given to Capitol protesters last year that show two more doctors provided the excuses the district deemed to be fraudulent.
Fifteen doctors who signed the notes have not faced sanctions from the state Medical Examining Board. The notes were written after hundreds of teachers called in sick last February, closing schools for four days. School district officials required the absent employees to provide notes documenting a doctor visit. The district docked pay from employees who didn't have a legitimate excuse. The protests erupted after Gov. Scott Walker proposed cutting collective bargaining rights for most state workers.
The State Journal says a board committee plans to decide next month whether to investigate additional doctors.
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IMHO, the state medical board should suspend their licenses for a couple of weeks.
Not enough penalty. The teachers who got the fake notes are liars and thieves. They need to be fired. The doctor’s need a serious fine and temporary license suspension pending a 16 hour medical ethics course and a sworn statement never to write fraudulent notes again or lose their license completely.
That sounds fair, since we seem to be stressing “fairness” these days.
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