Section 61: Medical certificate
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
61. Medical certificate
(1) Prior to signing the Articles of Agreement, a seafarer shall produce a
valid medical certificate attesting that he is medically fit to perform the duties he is to carry out at sea.
(2) Each medical certificate shall state in particular that—
(a) the hearing and sight of the seafarer concerned, and the colour
vision in the case of a seafarer to be employed in capacities
where fitness for the work to be performed is liable to be affected by defective colour vision, are all satisfactory; and
(b) the seafarer concerned is not suffering from any medical condition likely to be aggravated by service at sea or to render the
seafarer unfit for such service or to endanger the health of other
persons on board.
(3) Unless otherwise provided—
(a) a medical certificate shall be valid for a maximum period of
2 years unless the seafarer is under the age of 18, in which case
the maximum period of validity shall be one year; and
(b) a certification of colour vision shall be valid for a maximum period of 6 years.
(4) Where the period of validity of a certificate expires in the course of a
voyage, the certificate shall continue in force until the next port of call where
the seafarer can obtain a medical certificate from a qualified medical practitioner, provided that the period shall not exceed 3 months.