Regulation 1.2 – Medical certificate (Minimum requirements for seafarers to work on a ship)Purpose: To ensure that all seafarers are medically fit to perform their duties at sea 1. Seafarers shall not work on a ship unless they are certified as medically fit to perform their duties. 2. Exceptions can only be permitted as prescribed in the Code.Standard  – Medical certificate 1. The competent authority shall require that, prior to beginning work on a ship, seafarers hold a valid medical certificate attesting that they are medically fit to perform the duties they are to carry out at … [Read more...]