67Medical services at no charge

67 Medical services at no charge

(1) The owner of a regulated Australian vessel must ensure that medical care and health protection services are provided at no charge to seafarers:

(a) on board the vessel; and

(b) in any port that the vessel visits.

(2) The medical care and health protection services:

(a) are not limited to the treatment of sick or injured seafarers; and

(b) include measures of a preventative character (eg health promotion and health education programs); and

(c) include measures to stop the spread of infectious diseases, including sexually transmitted diseases; and

(d) include measures to stop the spread of insect borne diseases.