Singapore legislation
Regulation 14
Regulation 14
Suspension and cancellation of medical fitness certificate
Subregulation 1
This regulation shall apply if a qualified medical practitioner has reasonable grounds for believing that —
there has been a significant change in the medical fitness of a person during the period of validity of that person’s medical fitness certificate;
a person is not complying with the terms of a condition to which that person’s medical fitness certificate is subject;
when a medical fitness certificate was issued, had a qualified medical practitioner been in possession of full details of the condition of the person to whom the certificate relates, the qualified medical practitioner could not reasonably have considered that the person was fit, having regard to the medical fitness standards specified in these Regulations; or
a medical fitness certificate was issued otherwise than in accordance with these Regulations.
Subregulation 2
If this regulation applies, the qualified medical practitioner may —
suspend the validity of a medical fitness certificate until the person to whom the certificate relates has undergone further medical examination;
suspend the validity of the medical fitness certificate for such period as the qualified medical practitioner considers the person to whom the certificate relates will remain unfit to perform the duties the person will carry out at sea; or
cancel the certificate if the qualified medical practitioner considers that the person to whom the certificate relates is likely to remain permanently unfit to perform the duties the person will carry out at sea,and must notify that person concerned accordingly.
Subregulation 3
The qualified medical practitioner may require that a person surrenders a medical fitness certificate which has been issued to that person and which has been suspended or cancelled under paragraph (2), as that practitioner directs.
Subregulation 4
For the purposes of this regulation, a significant change in the medical fitness of a person is a condition which affects or would be reasonably likely to affect that person’s ability to carry out his duties, including his ability to undertake emergency duties.