Marine Advisory: 26/2025 - Requirements for the Registration of Medical Practitioners

Email: Medicalcertificates@liscr.com

08 September 2025

Marine Advisory: 26/2025

SUBJECT: Requirements for the Registration of Medical Practitioners

Dear Liberian Shipowners, Ship Management Companies, Manning/Crewing agents, Authorized Liberian Filing Agents and Medical Practitioners:

The purpose of this Marine Advisory is to provide information on the issuance of medical certificates to seafarers sailing aboard Liberian flagged vessels. Those Medical Practitioners who are recognized by a Party to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended, listed in the latest revision of MSC.1-Circ.1163-Rev.13 - Parties to the STCW Convention, and meeting the requirements of STCW Regulation I/9, are eligible to be recognized by this Administration.

In May of 2022 the Liberian Registry established a network of Medical Practitioners who wanted to provide their medical expertise to the world’s seafarers sailing aboard Liberian ships. This Medical Certification Program confers recognition to Medical Practitioners wishing to conduct medical evaluations of seafarers prior to their employment aboard Liberian flagged ships. The recognition authorizes Medical Practitioners who have been reviewed by this Administration and who follow the requirements set forth by the Administration to issue valid Liberian Medical Certificates. These requirements are communicated on the Liberian Registry’s website in the Seafarers tab and directly to the Medical Practitioners via the Liberian Registry’s new Seafarer Portal.

Liberia’s publication for Seafarers RLM-118 has been updated to include the new Physical Examination Report (RLM-105M-2) which is available only through the Medical Certification Program at the Seafarer Portal. Liberia’s present Physical Examination Report (RLM-105M) is still valid to be used by those Medical Practitioners not participating in the Medical Certification Program.

All Medical Practitioners should apply for authorization by contacting the Liberian Registry via the following e-mail address medicalcertificates@liscr.com or log directly into the Seafarer Portal .

The Liberian Registry maintains a list of qualified medical practitioners recognized under its Medical Certification Program at the following website: Medical Practitioners List.

For any additional questions, please contact medicalcertificates@liscr.com.