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  1. #1
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    Default When Can an Employer Require a Doctor Visit

    My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Florida
    Can an employer require an employee to see a doctor for a cronic cough?
    I have had a cough for two weeks that does get loud. I get this cough every year about this time of the year and it is caused by allergies.
    I have been to a specialist and I am on asthma and allergy meds, but it just does not seem to help.

    Thanks for the advice.

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    Default Re: Require a Doctor Visit

    What is your employer's reason for wanting you to see a doctor?

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    Default Re: Require a Doctor Visit

    Can an employer require an employee to see a doctor for a cronic cough?

    Yes.

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    Default Re: Require a Doctor Visit

    I have not been required to see a doctor yet, but it has been said I should go. My cough is loud and people are tired of hearing it. They think that my running is causing the cough and should stop. I started running a year ago and I have had the cough for many years before that. Last year people that work near to me complained and I went to the doctor and they put my on allergy meds. I have been on asthma and allergy med for months now.

    Why can they require me to see a doctor?

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    Default Re: Require a Doctor Visit

    Why can they require me to see a doctor? Because no laws prohibit it.

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    Default Re: Require a Doctor Visit

    "...it has said I should go." Who said this?

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