Online Doctor's Note in Tennessee

Why Tennessee has no sick leave mandate, statewide or local

Tennessee doesn’t require private employers to provide paid or unpaid sick leave; the state’s labor agency confirms that fringe benefits like sick pay are governed by employer policy, not state law. Tenn. Code Ann. section 50-2-112 goes further and preempts local governments from imposing any wage or employment-benefit mandate on private employers, and the statute specifically defines “employment benefits” to include paid days off for sick leave. That is why no Tennessee city or county has its own paid-sick-leave ordinance.

Because there’s no state law limiting documentation, a Tennessee employer can generally set its own note policy, including requiring one after a certain number of consecutive missed days. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act can still provide eligible employees with unpaid, job-protected leave for a serious health condition, but that’s separate from any paid benefit and doesn’t cap when an employer can ask for documentation.

Verifying a physician’s Tennessee license

The Tennessee Department of Health, working with the Board of Medical Examiners, maintains a free public licensure verification tool where anyone can confirm whether a specific physician’s Tennessee license is active and check for disciplinary history. That lookup covers the doctor’s credentials. It doesn’t extend to your own note: whether and how you share that with an employer, or ask a physician to confirm anything about it, is your decision, not something CuroNote does on an employer’s behalf.

Before CuroNote launches in Tennessee

CuroNote hasn’t launched in Tennessee 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 Tennessee will review each intake and, if appropriate, sign a note the same day.