| GENERAL INFORMATION
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| KEYWORDS
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Marine medical certificate, mental health, schizophrenia
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| FILE NO.
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MH-0269-28
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| SECTOR (Marine or Aviation)
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Marine
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| SPECIFIC JOB
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Deckhand
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| DIAGNOSIS (Primary, Secondary, etc.)
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Paranoid Schizophrenia
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| REVIEW
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| DATE OF DETERMINATION
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April 14, 2015
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| MEMBER
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Dr. Abdo Shabah
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| DETERMINATION
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The Minister’s decision is confirmed.
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| REASONS FOR THE DETERMINATION
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Refusal to issue a marine medical certificate (MMC). Considering the applicant’s medical condition, paranoid schizophrenia, with multiple episodes of hospitalization including a recent relapse (in 2012), it appears that there is a persistent risk of recurrence, resulting in permanent inability to hold an MMC. The standards that apply in this case specifically deny an MMC to a person diagnosed with schizophrenia; this diagnosis is not in doubt, as the evidence shows. The Minster acted reasonably in refusing to issue the applicant an MMC upon learning of his diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.
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