Published: 10:07AM Tuesday February 28, 2006
Source: RNZ
Recreational scuba divers will soon be asked to provide information about their health to prevent more deaths under the water.
The New Zealand Underwater Association has begun circulating a medical questionnaire as part of best practice guidelines.
Its head of dive safety Lynn Taylor says it is in response to coroner recommendations after several diving deaths involving pre-existing medical conditions.
She says the questionnaire will also bring overseas divers who are not required to have a medical check before gaining a certificate to their attention.
Taylor hopes the questionnaire will help stop regulation being imposed on the industry.
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