Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Minimum Requirements for Seafarers’ Employment
10. Reporting of medical conditions
Feedback & supportA seafarer who holds a medical fitness certificate and who —
seafarer
“seafarer” means any person, including the master, who is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a ship, but does not include —(a)a pilot;(b)a port worker;(c)a person temporarily employed on the ship during the period it is in port; and(d)a person specified in an Order made by the Authority, with the approval of the Minister, declaring the categories of persons not to be regarded as seafarers;
is, or is likely to be, absent from work for 30 days or more due to a medical condition; or
develops a significant medical condition,must report that medical condition as soon as practicable to a qualified medical practitioner.
If a seafarer is required to make the report mentioned in subsection (1), the validity of that seafarer’s medical fitness certificate is suspended from the date on which it first becomes practicable for that seafarer to make the report until the date (if any) on which a qualified medical practitioner has assessed, if necessary by conducting a medical examination of the seafarer, that the seafarer is fit having regard to any prescribed medical standards.
medical fitness certificate
“medical fitness certificate” means a certificate attesting to a person’s fitness to perform the duties which that person will carry out at sea and which is issued by a qualified medical practitioner (whether or not subject to restrictions or conditions);
In this section, “medical condition” includes both injury and illness, and a significant medical condition is one which adversely affects or is reasonably likely to adversely affect the seafarer’s ability to carry out his or her duties, including the seafarer’s ability to undertake emergency duties.