{"id":5951,"date":"2023-03-20T10:04:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T10:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roodbovengroen.com\/?p=5951"},"modified":"2026-09-14T06:38:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:38:56","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\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><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>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">If the medical certificate has heen issued by a medical examiner who has been designated by a Maritime Administration of one of the following countries: EU Member States, Australia, Canada, China, Iceland, India, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, South Africa, or Switzerland. If the medical examiner is not included on the official list of approved medical examiners of the relevant country, the medical certificate will not be accepted. 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. 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<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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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