153Medical certificates

153 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 2299.1:2015; and

(b) it is not more than one year old; and

(c) the registered 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 Underwater Hyperbaric Medicine Society; or

(ii) has completed an appropriate course of training conducted by the Royal Australian Navy or the Royal Adelaide Hospital; or

(iii) has been approved under ADAS; and

(d) before giving it, the registered medical practitioner examined the diver in accordance with Appendix M of AS/NZS 2299.1:2015; and

(e) immediately after the examination, the registered 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 or for the Kingdom of Norway under any law of Norway relating to the medical fitness of persons employed as divers.