And an awful lot more exaggerating their skills and failing, likely fatally.I'll wager there are more folks keeling over who should have known better, or did know better, than there are for no apparent reason.
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And an awful lot more exaggerating their skills and failing, likely fatally.I'll wager there are more folks keeling over who should have known better, or did know better, than there are for no apparent reason.
With due respect to your Master Instructor rating and 2500+ dives:Saying something over and over does not make it more true.
Phrasing an assertion as a question does not make it more acceptable.
Using hyperbole to buttress a weak point is not compelling.
Personally, I would seek out an alternative scuba operator for any activity requiring medical clearance. I have absolutely no interest in having my personal medical information held in a potentially insecure environment....My local dive shop doesn't accept only the signed page...
Pages 1 & 2 are none of their business and I’d tell them that. Page 3 is all they need.My local dive shop doesn't accept only the signed page (and the shop owner has been in the business for 30 years).
Pages 1 & 2 are none of their business and I’d tell them that. Page 3 is all they need.
Not if you answer "no" to all the questions.
Many of us are not close to answering no to all the questions on page 1 and 2. I will answer all the questions honestly and get sign off on page 3. I don't expect to do any more training in my dive career, perhaps this is a moot point.Not if you answer "no" to all the questions.
Of course. But in that case, you don’t need a doctor sign off. The context of the most recent part of this thread was a doctor sign off on the medical form.
Not if you answer "no" to all the questions.
Of course. But in that case, you don’t need a doctor sign off. The context of the most recent part of this thread was a doctor sign off on the medical form. If you have any yes answers and therefore need to get a physician sign off, page 3 is all that is relevant. Your physician has already reviewed pages 1 and 2 and has cleared you for diving. That’s all that the dive shop or dive op needs to see in that case.
It is perfectly OK to provide a signed page 3 EVEN IF ALL THE PREVIOUS ANSWERS ARE NO.And if you don't need the doctor's sign-off, the op will be keeping your medical information on file, potentially breaking a couple of laws in the process.
Which makes the questionnaire effectively useless: even if all your answers are really "no", and you care who you give your private medical info to, you still have to give them page 3 instead. Anyone with half a brain would just ditch the questionnaire and require the doctor's writ, but this is the "dive industry" we're talking about.
You DO get an annual physical, don't you? As a diver, you should.....