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Scope and Application
Purpose
The Guide sets out the administrative procedures for the issuance of medical
certificates, the factors to be taken into account by physicians and registered
nurses in conducting medical examinations, the physical requirements for
seafarers to obtain a medical certificate and the tests to be used in
establishing whether a seafarer meets these requirements.
Scope ^
The application to seafarers of this standard for medical fitness is outlined
in Division 8 of the Crewing Regulations (SOR/97-390, as amended from
time to time), including exceptions of the application to certain seafarers.
Effective Date ^
This edition of TP 11343 entered into force on the date of issue noted in the
header.
Authority for this Guide ^
The requirements for medical fitness of seafarers are set out in the Crewing
Regulations (SOR/97-390) which are made pursuant to the Canada Shipping
Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. s-9, as amended), in particular sections 110, 232, 338,
and 562. The requirements for medical fitness are elaborated on in this Guide.
The obligation to international agreements as to the medical fitness of
seafarers derives from the accession by Canada to the International Maritime
Organization’s (IMO) International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended in 1995 (STCW
95). The standards are affected by on-going work under Resolution 9 of STCW 95
as to the development of international standards of medical fitness of seafarers
with the co-operation of the International Labour Organisation and the World
Health Organisation. In addition, Canada has ratified the International Labour
Organisation (ILO) Convention number 73, Medical Examination (Seafarers)
Convention, 1946, which entered into force 17 August 1955.
Documents Replaced ^
This edition of the Physician’s Guide supersedes the previous edition dated
7 October 1997. The regulations referenced in the previous edition were the Medical
Examination of Seafarers Regulations, which were repealed with the coming
into force of the Crewing Regulations effective July 30, 1997.
Interpretation ^
The Crewing Regulations provide interpretation of the meanings of the
relevant terminology used in this Guide, including : "designated
physician", "physician", "seafarer", "TP",
and "TP 11343".
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