Forged Doctor's Note

Compared to the note from the MD office, would the forged note place the child in the position of medical neglect? If so it is a CPS issue. If not it could be a school policy issue. For instance, if the MD said to stay out of school until XYZ and the forged note said to return today, you'd have the authority to send the student home until the date indicated by the legitimate note or until another legitimate note is received from the MD with a different date.

Don't get worked about the forged MD note. It is more common than we would like to believe; forged immunization records too.

A high school nurse I know told me she had a doctor's note for abscences from a male student and the "note" was from a gynecologist. Another one I was told is a parent of a middle schooler who stole letterhead from a doctor's office but then had the signature from a doctor who does not belong to that practice. It's amazing the lengths that people will go to for absent notes.

So I had to call the doctor, by admin orders and asked for a letter saying this letter was not hers. I sent them the letters and I got a call back that the hospital is going to press charges because of forgery. So I'm like... this mom is going to be in trouble. I did what I was suppose to do and that's that.

This wasn't an absence note. This is telling us that we need to listen to the mom's orders not the doctor's because she's right. I was like.... uh no. She already accused me of overdosing her child, why am I going to listen to her again?

This is how the letter was written:

"[Hospital Letter head]

To whom it may concern:

[Child's name] is my patient at [Hospital's name]. I Dr. [Misspelled Doctor's Name] have been his Doctor over X years. His mother [mother's name] and I Work together as in keeping him out of the hospital. Ms. [Mom's last name] has informed me about some issues she has with the school that [Child's name] is attending. [Child's name] needs to keep a jacket on. He can take it off if he wants to. The weather in [City's name] change every day and I do not want him in the hospital. We work too hard to get him back on track. Whatever [Mom's name] tells you PLEASE follow what she says, [Mom's name] knows her child. Also Follow The Asthma Action Plan!! [Child's name] has severe asthma and this is something that I and my staff take serious. LET'S STAY ON TRACK, AND FOLLOW ORDER.

Sincerely,

Dr. [Misspelled Doctor's Name]"

I kept the same grammar and language as what it was written.

Right? When I got this letter from the admin, I just laughed and looked at them like, "You're kidding me?" but they were dead serious. I was like, "No way, this is real." And they were like how? I told them on the grammar and the way it was written. No way a doctor, nurse or medical assistant would write this way. But I had to prove it, so I went detective style and thus, our result of this story.

OMG that note is hilarious! It amazes me the lengths some people will go to and then expect us to believe an actual doctor wrote it! I love the part "Whatever (mom) tells you, PLEASE follow what she says"

How funny. We had issues with fake absence notes a few years back. A parent that had worked for the dr would use old stationary and write her notes from. It's crazy the lengths parents will go.

This is hilarious.

I've never had a parent forge a note that I was aware of, but I have seen an adult forge a note from the cardiologist that basically said she could not travel more than 10 miles away from the cardiologist's office for any reason, due to her vague c/o chest pain. She didn't want to come to work and since work was easily over 10 miles from the cardiologist's office, obvi she can't come that far. Nevermind that the work site was 2 minutes from the area's largest trauma center and untold numbers of cardiologists. People.