Are there any exemptions from jury duty for physicians?
There is no physician exemption from serving jury duty. The following six (6) reasons are the only permitted excuses from serving on jury duty: the juror will necessarily be absent from the county at the scheduled time; the interests of the public or the juror will be materially harmed by the juror’s presence; the juror is physically unable to serve; the juror’s spouse or a near relative of the spouse or juror is very ill or recently died; the juror was already called within the same jury year in that county; or the juror is a cloistered member of a religious organization. If one of these excuses applies, the physician will still have to serve on jury duty, but at a later date.
