133Medical practitioners and first aid attendants

133 Medical practitioners and first aid attendants

(1) The owner or master of every: (a) ship proceeding on an overseas voyage; or (b) other ship on a passage between 2 consecutive ports which exceeds such distance as is prescribed; having 100 persons or upwards on board shall cause to be carried as part of its complement, a duly qualified medical practitioner. (2) The owner or master of every: (a) ship proceeding on an overseas voyage; or (b) other ship on a passage between 2 consecutive ports which exceeds such distance as is prescribed; having more than 10 and less than 100 persons on board, and not carrying a duly qualified medical practitioner as part of its complement, shall cause to be carried as part of its complement a person certified to by a Medical Inspector of Seamen or a prescribed authority as qualified to render “first aid”.

Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.