reg 8 Application for and issue of medical fitness certificate
(1) If— (a) an application for a medical fitness certificate is made to a medical practitioner, (b) any fee prescribed in Regulations made under section 302 of the Act has been paid, (c) the medical practitioner has examined the person to whom the application relates, and (d) having had regard to the medical standards specified by the Secretary of State in Merchant Shipping Notice 1839(M) , the medical practitioner considers that the person to whom the application relates is fit to perform the duties which that person will carry out at sea, the medical practitioner must issue that person with a medical fitness certificate in the form specified in Merchant Shipping Notice 1839(M) . (2) A medical fitness certificate may, as the medical practitioner considers appropriate— (a) be restricted to such capacity of sea service or geographical areas as that practitioner records on the certificate, and (b) be subject to such conditions as that practitioner records in accordance with the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice 1839(M) . (2A) A person applying for a medical fitness certificate must disclose to the medical practitioner to whom the application is made— (a) all existing medical conditions from which the person suffers and of which the person is aware (if any); and (b) all medication which the person is taking (if any). (2B) Disclosure required by paragraph (2A) must be made with the application or as soon as reasonably practicable afterwards. (3) If a person is employed as a seafarer, or has been offered employment as a seafarer, at the time an application is made for a medical fitness certificate under paragraph (1), the person's employer must ensure that the application is made and processed at no cost to the person to whom it relates.