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Medical Examination of Divers – Middle East & India Initiative

August 2024 – Information Note updated

Information Note number IMCA 428, issued in July 2001 (revised April 2021), advised members of the requirements for doctors who undertake annual medical examination of divers, in light of the UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) withdrawal of recognition of doctors operating outside the UK.

Subsequently, twelve members in the Middle East & India (ME&I) region agreed jointly to recognise a number of doctors to conduct diver medicals to the standard cited in IMCA 428. The mutually recognised list of doctors was publicised in a series of Information Notes dating from 2002. Twenty-two diving contractors in the ME&I region have now further updated their list of jointly recognised doctors and have asked IMCA to publicise the attached note.

While IMCA is not in a position to approve or recognise doctors, it welcomes this contractor initiative and is pleased to publicise the agreement, a copy of which is attached.

This list supersedes all previously published lists.

For more information, please contact Ali.Macleod@legacy.imca-int.com.

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Ali Macleod
Technical Adviser - Diving
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Information Note Details

Published date: 2 August 2024
Information note ID: 1643

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