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On January 18th 2024, Ordinance 11/2024 was published, amending the system of certification of temporary incapacity to work, in order to make the process less bureaucratic.
The certification of temporary incapacity is made by means of a medical certificate, known as a certificate of temporary incapacity for work (CIT), authenticated by the stamp of the doctor and the health establishment or digitally signed by the doctor, and notified electronically to the social security services by the competent services of the public, private and social health care provider.
The temporary incapacity to work can also be self-declared on honour, through the SNS digital service or the digital service of the regional health services of the autonomous regions.
The amendments also establish a retroactive period of up to 30 days in the case of a situation certified by a medical certificate or 5 days in the case of a self-declaration of illness on honour.
The mentioned Ordinance establishes exceptions to the previously defined time limits. Thus, the time limits of 12 days, in the case of an initial period, or 30 days, in the case of an extension, are both altered in the situations listed below:
• Oncological pathology: 90 days;
• Cerebral vascular accidents: 90 days;
• Ischaemic heart disease: 90 days;
• Post-operative situations: 60 days;
• Tuberculosis: 180 days;
• Situations of clinical risk during pregnancy: until the probable date of birth, indicated by a doctor.
The amendments to the aforementioned legal regime come into force on March 1st 2024.
