{"id":5951,"date":"2023-03-20T10:04:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T10:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roodbovengroen.com\/?p=5951"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:39:50","slug":"when-will-a-foreign-medical-certificate-be-recognized-by-the-dutch-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roodbovengroen.com\/en\/when-will-a-foreign-medical-certificate-be-recognized-by-the-dutch-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"When is your foreign medical certificate recognized by the Dutch flag?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row bg_type=&#8221;image&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;vcpb-vz-jquery&#8221; bg_image_new=&#8221;id^89|url^https:\/\/www.roodbovengroen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2000px_745625317.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^2000px_745625317|description^null&#8221; bg_image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; parallax_sense=&#8221;50&#8243; bg_override=&#8221;full&#8221; disable_on_mobile_img_parallax=&#8221;disable_on_mobile_img_parallax_value&#8221; parallax_content=&#8221;parallax_content_value&#8221; parallax_content_sense=&#8221;50&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591095257578{margin-top: -100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;150px&#8221;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591094995702{background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.95) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>STCW Training News<\/h4>\n<h1>In STCW Training News update nr. 8: When is your foreign medical certificate recognized by the Dutch flag?<\/h1>\n<p>March 2023[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591267562241{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Other news from STCW Training News Update 8:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roodbovengroen.com\/en\/the-duration-of-the-training-crisis-management-human-behaviour-has-been-adjusted-to-1-5-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The duration of the training Crisis Management Human Behaviour has been adjusted to 1.5 days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roodbovengroen.com\/en\/when-do-you-need-to-refresh-your-mfa-and-mc-certificates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When do you need to refresh your MFA and MC certificates?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roodbovengroen.com\/en\/may-a-stcw-training-certificate-or-a-medical-certificate-expire-during-the-voyage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May an STCW-training certificate or a medical certificate expire during the voyage?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">#default-btn-04887867c635cd9b349c04a5c0d66177.ico-right-side > i {\n  margin-right: 0px;\n  margin-left: 8px;\n}\n#default-btn-04887867c635cd9b349c04a5c0d66177 > i {\n  margin-right: 8px;\n}<\/style><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roodbovengroen.com\/en\/stcw-training-news\/\" class=\"default-btn-shortcode dt-btn dt-btn-m link-hover-off btn-inline-left  vc_custom_1617281540918\" id=\"default-btn-04887867c635cd9b349c04a5c0d66177\" title=\"STCW Training News\"><i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-the7-arrow-20\"><\/i><span>Back to STCW Training News<\/span><\/a>[vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#004029&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"null\">When is your foreign medical certificate recognized by the Dutch flag?<\/h1>\n<p>Sometimes there is uncertainty about which medical certificate issued by a foreign doctor is recognized by the Dutch flag state.<\/p>\n<p>Flag states typically have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilent.nl\/onderwerpen\/scheepvaart-algemeen\/medische-keuring-scheepvaart\/keuringsartsen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two lists<\/a> of doctors that are appointed to carry out seafarer medical examinations for the flag state:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A list of national doctors.<\/li>\n<li>A list of doctors in other countries. These are foreign doctors that have been appointed to carry out medical examinations in the name of the flag state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a doctor \u2013 either national or foreign &#8211; is appointed by a flag state, they are allowed to use the format of that flag state\u2019s medical certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Next to this, flag states may recognize each others\u2019 medical certificates just as they may recognize each others\u2019 training certificates or CoCs.<\/p>\n<p>So medical certificates that have been issued by foreign doctors will be recognized by the Dutch flag state:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If the foreign doctor is appointed by the Dutch flag state. The list of foreign doctors that are appointed by the Dutch flag state can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilent.nl\/onderwerpen\/scheepvaart-algemeen\/medische-keuring-scheepvaart\/keuringsartsen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">checked here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Netherlands recognizes medical certificates from recognized doctors in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiwaregister.com\/nl\/nieuws\/archief-2019\/buitenlandse-geneeskundige-verklaringen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these countries<\/a>. The Netherlands also recognizes the medical certificates from internationally recognized doctors designated by the countries on this list, provided they are issued in the <em>format<\/em> of the country on this list.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please note that this list is not the same and much smaller than the list of countries whose training certificates and CoCs are recognized by The Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Moral of the story: In finding out whether a medical certificate will be recognized by your flag state, <u>not the nationality of the doctor but the template of the certificate<\/u> is leading![\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#004029&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Vertaling\"><span lang=\"en\">Would you like to receive future updates and important information directly in your mailbox?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">#default-btn-e3de625d7272898141a2235e8660faf9.ico-right-side > i {\n  margin-right: 0px;\n  margin-left: 8px;\n}\n#default-btn-e3de625d7272898141a2235e8660faf9 > i {\n  margin-right: 8px;\n}<\/style><div class=\"btn-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/g83cqn\" class=\"default-btn-shortcode dt-btn dt-btn-m link-hover-off  vc_custom_1679047063779\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"default-btn-e3de625d7272898141a2235e8660faf9\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-telegram\"><\/i><span>You can now sign up for our STCW Training news update here!<\/span><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row bg_type=&#8221;image&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;vcpb-vz-jquery&#8221; bg_image_new=&#8221;id^89|url^https:\/\/www.roodbovengroen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2000px_745625317.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^2000px_745625317|description^null&#8221; bg_image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; parallax_sense=&#8221;50&#8243; bg_override=&#8221;full&#8221; disable_on_mobile_img_parallax=&#8221;disable_on_mobile_img_parallax_value&#8221; parallax_content=&#8221;parallax_content_value&#8221; parallax_content_sense=&#8221;50&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591095257578{margin-top: -100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;150px&#8221;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591094995702{background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.95) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] STCW Training News In STCW Training News update nr. 8: When is your foreign medical certificate recognized by the Dutch flag? 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