Residents in Renfrew County do NOT need a doctor’s note for not wearing a face mask or covering.
Acting Medical Officer of Health, with the Renfrew County and District Health Unit, RCDHU, Doctor Robert Cushman, says as we move inside more and more, masks/face coverings will prove increasingly important.
The health unit says physicians are too busy, in emergency rooms and in clinics, to be called on to provide exemption letters therefore employers should not ask their staff to produce a doctor’s note exempting them from masking.
To date, RCDHU’s COVID-19 Directive for Masks/Face Coverings has been to encourage mask/face covering use and not to single out individuals who do not comply.
Doctor Cushman says no doubt there will be some who will wrongly take advantage of this option, but the numbers should be few and hopefully over time these people will appreciate how important individual responsible actions are for the safety of the community.
