Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Medical Examination (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 (No. 113) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1973)

Article 4(1) of the Convention. Validity of medical certificates. The Committee, in its previous comment, had requested the Government to provide information on steps taken or envisaged to give effect to Article 4(1) of the Convention. Under this provision, in the case of young persons of less than 21 years of age, the medical certificate shall remain in force for a period not exceeding one year from the date on which it was granted. The Committee notes the Government’s reference, in its report, to Decree No. 651/1990 of 18 December 1990 for medical certificates in general, and to Decree No. 295/009 enacted on 22 June 2009 entitled “Carné de Salud del/de la adolescente”. Based on this framework, the Committee understands that the medical certificate for young persons between 12 and 19 years of age has annual validity. The Committee notes however that Decree No. 295/009 has been repealed by Decree No. 267/017, enacted on 18 September 2017, which has introduced a new regulation of medical certificates for adolescents. It notes in particular that Article 8 of this Decree entrusts the Ministry of Public Health to develop instructions for the use of medical certificates of adolescents as well as their characteristics. In light of the above, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the specific provisions which ensure that the validity of medical certificates for young fishers under 21 years of age does not exceed one year. It also requests the Government to provide a copy of the standard form of medical certificate currently in use.