174BMedical certificates

174B Medical certificates

(1) A diver’s medical certificate is valid if it satisfies subregulation (2) or (3). (2) A diver’s medical certificate satisfies this subregulation if: (a) it certifies that, at the time it was given, the diver was fit to dive in accordance with the fitness requirements in AS/NZS 2299 as in force at the time the medical practitioner who gave the certificate examined the diver; and (b) it is not more than 1 year old; and (c) the medical practitioner who gave it: (i) is accredited by the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society, the Health and Safety Executive of the United Kingdom or the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society; or (ii) has completed an appropriate course of training conducted by the Royal Australian Navy or the Royal Adelaide Hospital; or (iii) is a competent person to conduct medical examinations for occupational diving; and (d) before giving it, the medical practitioner examined the diver in accordance with the Schedule of Minimum Examination Requirements in AS/NZS 2299 as in force at the time of the examination; and (e) immediately after the examination, the medical practitioner entered the certificate in the diver’s log book. (3) A diver’s medical certificate satisfies this subregulation if it is valid for the United Kingdom under any law of the United Kingdom (as in force from time to time) relating to the medical fitness of persons employed as divers.

Note: At the time this subregulation commenced, the relevant law for the United Kingdom was regulation 15 of the Diving at Work Regulations 1997.