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Record-organizing worksheetPublished for educational use · Not legal advice

Accommodation and Return to Work: Separate the Medical and Administrative Record

Record-organizing worksheet · Reader edition · October 19, 2026

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For organization and educational use only. This worksheet is not legal advice, and completing it does not create an attorney-client relationship with KPSGILL.com or anyone associated with the website.

Organize requests, functional restrictions, communications, proposed adjustments, responses, and actual work status as distinct records. The worksheet is intended to prevent medical information, employer decisions, scheduling, and pay records from being treated as interchangeable.

Start with the source#

Record the task or working condition at issue, the adjustment requested, who received the request, and what the available documents say. Use the minimum health information necessary for your private review. A publication copy should not contain a person’s diagnosis, treatment history, or medical identifiers.

Working table#

Print this page or reproduce the blank table in a private document. Use “unknown” where the record does not answer a question. The dashes are intentional blank fields, not findings.

Request/event IDWork task or conditionAdjustment or functional informationRecipient and sourceDocumented responseActual work/pay status and gap
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How to use the record#

Separate medical clearance from administrative clearance, placement, scheduling, and work actually performed. Track requests for clarification and the response without assuming that either side’s preferred form determines the entire issue. Preserve proposals that were accepted, rejected, withdrawn, or never answered, and identify the evidence for each classification.

Limits and contrary evidence#

The form does not determine disability status, entitlement to accommodation, fitness for duty, safety, undue hardship, or the legal sufficiency of medical documentation. Do not infer an unlawful motive merely from a form request or infer successful reinstatement merely from a clearance letter.

Review questions#

  • What function or work condition was addressed?
  • What was communicated, to whom, and on what date?
  • What evidence distinguishes clearance from an actual opportunity to work?

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