Definition Of Disability For Employment Agreement

Since the doctor works for one or more other doctors, it is important that the chief of the doctor cannot unilaterally declare that the doctor is disabled. Sometimes a medical employment contract circumvents this problem by providing that the doctor is considered disabled for the purposes of the agreement if the doctor`s disability insurance treats him as disabled. This alternative is better than allowing the employer to unilaterally determine a disability, but it is not as good as the agreement that a consensual doctor will make the decision. The physician must confirm that disability insurance defines a disability as an inability to work in the physician`s „own profession.“ It simply means that a doctor is considered disabled (and therefore entitled to medical disability benefits) if the doctor is unable to practice medicine. . . .