Cap. 234 Art. 108Medical examination. 

(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, no person shall be employed in any capacity in any Maltese ship unless there has been delivered to the master of the ship a certificate granted by a duly qualified medical practitioner certifying that the person is fit to be employed in that capacity.

(2) The provisions of sub-article (1) shall not apply to the employment of a person authorised to be so employed on the ground of urgency by the shipping master or by a Maltese consular officer, but a person in whose case any such authorisation is given shall not be employed for more than a single voyage, except in accordance with and subject to the provisions of sub-article (1).

(3) The Minister may make regulations as appear to him to be necessary for the medical examination of all persons seeking employment in any capacity on board ships and the issue of medical certificates in respect of such persons.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing sub-article, regulations made thereunder may, in particular -

(a) prescribe the nature of the medical examination or examinations to be made and the particulars to be included in the medical certificates;

(b) prescribe the period of validity of medical certificates;

(c) provide for the acceptance, in substitution of a medical certificate, of evidence in a prescribed form that the required certificate has been issued; and

(d) provide for any other matter affecting the medical examination or examinations to be made and the medical certificates to be issued or recognised.

(5) For the purposes of this article, ''duly qualified medical practitioner'' means a medical practitioner authorized by law to practice as a legally qualified medical practitioner in Malta or unless otherwise prescribed in the country in which such certificate is issued.