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What it regulates
Provided the framework for seafaring medical examinations from 2008 until its replacement in 2024. It regulated eligibility, fitness decisions, certificate duration, occupational clinical records and disease reporting. It is retained as background for understanding historical files and the development of maritime health protection, without presenting its requirements as current law.
Who it applies to
The historical scope of seafaring medical examinations conducted by the Social Marine Institute, including the professional-diving cases it regulated. Current procedures and obligations require consultation of Royal Decree 505/2024.
Key provisions
The historical objective was to assess compatibility of psychophysical conditions with the job and avoid risks to the person, crew and navigation.
Article 1Distinguished initial and periodic examinations; an initial examination covered the first assessment and cases where more than five years had passed since the last one.
Article 5Fitness could be classified as fit, fit with restrictions or unfit, based on clinical and job assessment. The Annex II lists were indicative, not an automatic diagnosis-based classification.
Article 6The historical regime set a two-year maximum, reduced to one year for those under twenty-one and over fifty. Professional-diver examinations were valid for one year. These rules were replaced in 2024.
Article 7Required occupational clinical records to be retained for at least fifteen years, unless specific exposures required longer, with confidentiality and professional secrecy. The successor regulation raises the general minimum to twenty years.
Article 9Provided for notification of notifiable diseases and communication of suspected occupational disease under Article 5 of Royal Decree 1299/2006.
Article 12History and versions
Initial publication: 31/12/2007 · Initial entry into force: 01/01/2008
BOE-A-2007-22533Published on 31 December 2007 and in force from 1 January 2008. The only subsequent relationship in the checked record is repeal by Royal Decree 505/2024, published on 15 June 2024 and effective from 1 July 2024. The consolidated text retains the historical articles and adds the repeal note.
Royal Decree 505/2024 expressly repeals this regulation from 1 July 2024. It replaces the regime for examinations, certificates, maritime-health organisation and clinical records; this is not a partial amendment.
BOE-A-2024-12121All text versions recorded by the BOE
| Publication | Effective date | Official reference | Affected provisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2007 | 01/01/2008 | BOE-A-2007-22533 | Preamble, Chapter I, Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Chapter II, Article 4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Article 9, Article 10, Chapter III, Article 11, Chapter IV, Article 12, Additional provision first, Additional provision second, Additional provision third, Repealing provision sole, Final provision first, Final provision second, Final provision third, Signature, Annex I, Annex II, Annex III |
| 15/06/2024 | 01/07/2024 | BOE-A-2024-12121 | Introductory note |
Transitional provisions and application notes
Repeal is express and complete from 1 July 2024 under the repealing provision and final provision four of Royal Decree 505/2024. It is not merely an amendment to individual articles.
Repealing provision soleCurrent certificate duration must be assessed under Article 10 of the successor. The former automatic annual limit for people over fifty must not be carried forward.
Article 10The historical reference to Organic Law 15/1999 is not the current data-protection framework. Current retention and access require the applicable legislation and Article 17 of Royal Decree 505/2024.
Article 9The appeal provision here referred to Law 30/1992. A current challenge requires the successor’s regime and current procedural legislation, rather than copying an historical file’s deadline and route without checking them.
Article 10The initial repeal note was published with the successor in 2024. The articles retain their historical 2007 wording; the note does not turn them into a new 2024 regulation.
Introductory note
Official BOE legal relationships
Earlier references (3)
- In accordance with · BOE-A-1995-24292
- Related to · BOE-A-2002-12505
- Related to · BOE-A-2002-6472
Subsequent references (1)
- Repeal recorded · BOE-A-2024-12121
