Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - PYC - A Code of Practice for Yachts Carrying 13 to 36 Passengers (The Passenger Yacht Code) - Chapter 13 - Medical Care and Carriage of Medical Stores - 13.9 Carriage of Doctors or Medically Trained Personnel:
13.9 Carriage of Doctors or Medically Trained Personnel:
(1) Ships carrying 100 or more persons and undertaking international voyages in excess of 600 miles shall carry a qualified medical doctor who is responsible for providing medical care.
(2) In passenger yachts not required to carry a doctor the master shall ensure that any medical attention or treatment administered on board to any person is given either by the master or under his supervision by a person so appointed by him for the purpose provided that the person so appointed shall have received medical training to an appropriate level in accordance with the STCW Convention.
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