My boss has made a new phone policy saying employees can't have their phone on the floor with them anymore. Totally fine as we work with heavy machinery (kinda surprised it took this long). But what's stupid is we can't even check our phones on water breaks. Only when we are clocked out for lunch. I told him I'm trying to figure out health stuff with my doctors and they occasionally have to call me with time sensitive information regarding treatment/medications. When I asked if I could periodically check my phone to see if they had called and if I could call them back/answer it if I hear them calling, he said no and that I could take a voicemail.
My assistant manager said to give my doctor my boss's number as a contact. I don't want to put my boss as a contact, because obvious reasons. Is this legal/ethical for my boss to prevent me from talking with my doctor about treatment things?