My medical is expiring December 2027 for STCW. Last week I got diagnosed with high blood pressure and put on meds. Do I have to apply to to get a new medical cert with the new issue or am I good to go for now?
Good for now
Do any employers pay for physical’s
Nah but I do have to take a back to work physical via concentra…
What do you think. There are protocals and there are regs. Technically you can probably guess the answer since we are all aware of the government mindset. if you are required to have a physical from Concentra, do not hide but do not advertise either. Let us leave it as “discretion advised”. Any way you can have your primary doc fill the required physical paperwork out instead?
Isn’t the STCW medical only good for 2 years and the national for 5 years? If your STCW is expiring Dec 2027 would mean you got it in Dec 2025…might want to just double check those dates.
I will not state the quiet stuff, but simply say discretion is advised; something about asking forgiveness easier than permission.