Need leave to care for a sick child, family member, or household member? A doctor reviews the care need and dates before deciding whether a carer's leave certificate is appropriate. From $24.95.
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For short carer's leave absences where online doctor review is clinically suitable.
If you need time away from work to care for a sick family member or household member, your employer may ask for evidence. A carer's leave certificate is different from a personal sick certificate: it documents the caring need, not your own illness.
You answer a structured form explaining who needs care, what happened, the dates you need covered, and why your support is needed. A doctor reviews those answers before deciding whether a carer's leave certificate can be issued.
An approved certificate should say enough to support the leave reason without disclosing more private information about the person you are caring for than is needed. Employer policies still decide how the document is assessed.
Online review is best suited to short carer's leave absences where the caring need is clear and the doctor does not need to examine the person you are caring for.
The doctor checks whether the relationship, symptoms or event, timing, care need, and requested dates support routine carer's leave evidence.
A routine carer's leave certificate focuses on the caring need and absence period. It usually does not need detailed diagnosis information.
Some carer-related requests need a treating practitioner, agency form, legal document, or in-person assessment rather than a routine certificate.
Certificates include standard workplace evidence details for carer's leave. Workplaces assess evidence under their own leave policy.
Caring need
Short absence
Privacy aware
Minimal clinical detail
Employer policy
May require more
No appointments. Doctor-reviewed certificate requests.
Tell us what happened, when it started, and the dates you need reviewed.
An AHPRA-registered doctor checks whether routine certificate evidence is clinically appropriate.
If approved, your certificate is emailed as a PDF. If not, the decline refund applies.
Tell us what happened, when it started, and the dates you need reviewed.
An AHPRA-registered doctor checks whether routine certificate evidence is clinically appropriate.
If approved, your certificate is emailed as a PDF. If not, the decline refund applies.
Not for emergencies
If you have chest pain, difficulty breathing, or any life-threatening symptoms, call 000 or go to your nearest emergency department.
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For short caring-related absences where routine evidence is clinically appropriate.
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