Singapore legislation

Regulation 12

of Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Requirements and Conditions of Employment) Regulations 2014

Regulation 12

Medical fitness certificate

Subregulation 1

A medical fitness certificate shall indicate if the person —

(a)

is fit for all duties worldwide within his department as indicated in the certificate;

(b)

can undertake all routine and emergency duties but is only able to work in specified waters;

(c)

requires adaptation of some routine and emergency duties; or

(d)

cannot perform routine and emergency duties safely and effectively, and adaptation of duties is not possible.

Subregulation 2

A medical fitness certificate shall be provided in English.

Subregulation 3

A medical fitness certificate shall —

(a)

state whether the hearing of the person concerned is satisfactory;

(b)

state whether the vision of the person concerned is satisfactory, which shall include the colour vision of the person where fitness for the duties to be performed by the person is liable to be affected by defective colour vision;

(c)

state whether the person concerned is suffering from any medical condition likely to be aggravated by service at sea or to render the person unfit for such service or to endanger the health of other persons on board; and

(d)

contain such other information as required under section A‑I/9 of the STCW Code (Guidelines on the Medical Examination of Seafarers).