Online Doctor's Note in Arizona

How Arizona’s paid sick time law handles documentation

Arizona voters created the state’s earned paid sick time law in 2016 (Proposition 206, the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act), and it has been in effect since July 1, 2017. Employees generally accrue one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Employers with 15 or more workers must let employees use up to 40 hours a year; smaller employers can cap use at 24 hours, unless they choose a higher limit.

The law also sets a documentation rule. Under A.R.S. section 23-373, an employer can only ask for reasonable documentation, such as a note, when an employee uses three or more consecutive workdays of earned paid sick time. For one or two days, no note can be required as a condition of using that protected time. Even when documentation is requested, the statute says it cannot be used to make an employee explain the specific nature of their health condition, so a note confirming the dates of care is enough.

None of this stops an employer from setting its own attendance policy for absences that fall outside the paid sick time law, such as a single unplanned day off with no earned sick time involved.

Verifying a physician’s Arizona license

Any physician who treats patients in Arizona needs an active license from the Arizona Medical Board (for MDs) or the Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners (for DOs). You can check whether a specific physician’s Arizona license is active, and see any public disciplinary history, through the Arizona Medical Board’s free doctor search tool. That lookup is public and doesn’t require the patient’s permission, since it checks the doctor’s credentials rather than a patient’s medical record.

Before CuroNote launches in Arizona

CuroNote isn’t issuing notes yet. The site is in a pre-launch reserve phase: no payment is collected, and no physician is currently reviewing requests. Once live, a physician licensed in Arizona will review each intake and, if appropriate, sign a note. Whether and how you share that note with your employer, or ask them to confirm anything about it, is entirely your decision; CuroNote won’t contact your employer directly.