Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Safe Manning) Regulations, 2021Part 5 : Medical and Eyesight Examination for Seafarers87. Approval of Medical Practitioners to perform Medical Examination of Seafarers |
| (1) | Subject to the conditions contained in the Quality Standards System, the Authority may approve a medical practitioner to issue— |
| (a) | a medical fitness certificate; or |
| (b) | colour and vision test certificate. |
| (2) | To be approved in terms of subregulation (1)(a), the applicant must— |
| (a) | be a medical doctor and must— |
| (i) | hold an Occupational Medicine certificate; or |
| (ii) | have practiced for at least one year as a ship’s doctor; or |
| (iii) | have served three years as a ‘shipping company’ doctor; or |
| (iv) | have served three years under the supervision of a medical practitioner approved under these Regulations; |
| (b) | comply with the requirements set out in the Quality Standards System. |
| (3) | To be approved in terms of subregulation (1)(b), an applicant must— |
| (a) | be an Optometrist, and |
| (b) | comply with the requirements set out in the Quality Standards System. |
| (4) | The Authority may approve a group of medical practitioners who share facilities if they qualify in terms of subregulations (2) and (3). |
| (5) | An approval made in terms of this regulation shall be in writing. |
| (6) | An approval in terms of this regulation shall be valid for a period of three years. |
| (7) | The Authority may suspend or cancel an approval in terms of this regulation when there is prima facie evidence of non-compliance with the conditions of the approval. |
| (8) | Medical practitioners approved before the commencement of these Regulations shall continue to be approved until the date of expiry on their certificate of approval. |
| (9) | The Authority shall on a regular basis publish the list of medical practitioners approved in terms of this regulation. |