Any physical examination for crew shall only be conducted by the following medical institutions, and for any crew that does not pass the physical examination, he/she shall not serve as a crew to operate at sea:1. Public hospitals.2. Teaching hospitals accredited as qualified by the central health competent authority.3. Public health centers which are affiliated to the Public Health Bureaus of municipal, county (city) governments.4. Medical insititutions whose establishment is approved by the governments of other countries.Items for the physical examination as referred to in the preceding paragraph and the Certificate for Physical Examination are as shown in Appendix 1. For any physical examination conducted in the medical institutions as referred to in subparagraph (4) of the preceding paragraph, items for the crew’s physical examination shall include the items as listed in Appendix 1.The Certificate for Physical Examination shall be valid for six months from the date of examination.For any crew working onboard a fishing vessel of 24 meters or above in length or a fishing vessel authorized to conduct distant water fisheries, he/she shall undergo a physical examination every two years from the date that he/she passed the last physical examination. Notwithstanding such provision, for any crew less than 18 years of age, he/she shall undergo a physical examination every year.Fishery operators shall send copies of crew’s Certificate for Physical Examination as referred to in the preceding paragraph to the competent authorities of municipal, county (city) governments for perusal.For any crew that fails to undergo the physical examination within the the timeframe as stiputed in paragraph 3 due to operating at sea, the physical examination shall be completed within two months after the end of the current fishing trip, not subject to the requirements as stipulated in paragraph 3.In case that other laws and regulations provide for the employment and compensation package for Mainland China crew, foreign crew employed overseas, and foreign crew introduced pursuant to the Employment Service Act, such laws and regulations shall prevail.Appendix 1 Certificate for Physical Examination of Fishing Vessel Crew.pdf