Dive courses and dive operators in South Florida ask for a signed diver medical when the screening questionnaire flags a condition — asthma, diabetes, heart or lung history, ear or sinus surgery, certain medications. UrgentMed completes the Diver Medical Participant Questionnaire and physician evaluation (the RSTC/UHMS form used by PADI, SSI, NAUI and most agencies) as a walk-in visit at Davie or Plantation, with EKG and spirometry on site when the evaluation calls for them.
When a dive physical is required
- A “yes” answer on the diver medical questionnaire before an open-water, advanced or professional course.
- Divemaster and instructor candidates, who need a current physician evaluation for their agency.
- Dive-shop, charter and public-safety dive team employees whose employer requires annual clearance.
- Returning to diving after an illness, surgery, pregnancy or a diving-related injury.
- Freediving and spearfishing courses that use the same form.
What the diver medical evaluation covers
- A history focused on the conditions that matter under pressure: lungs, heart, ears and sinuses, seizures, diabetes, medications, and prior decompression illness.
- Examination of the ears, nose and throat, lungs and heart, and blood pressure.
- Spirometry and an EKG when the history or the form’s guidance indicates them; a chest X-ray on site when needed.
- The physician’s signed evaluation — fit to dive, fit with conditions, or referral to a diving-medicine specialist for a decision the form reserves for one.
Commercial and public-safety diving
Commercial diving under OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart T and ADCI standards uses a more extensive exam with its own schedule; bring the employer’s form and the required tests are arranged, with any specialist components referred.
What to bring
- The diver medical form from your course or employer with the questionnaire completed.
- Photo ID, a list of medications, and records of any heart, lung, ear or diving-related condition.
Walk in at either Broward clinic
Both clinics are open seven days a week — Davie at 5149 S University Drive (Renaissance Plaza, just off I-595) and Plantation at 10199 Cleary Boulevard, Suite 10 — serving Davie, Plantation, Cooper City, Weston, Sunrise, Southwest Ranches, Pembroke Pines and the surrounding Broward County communities. Hours, maps and parking.
Insurance and self-pay
Most licensing and program physicals are self-pay and the price is quoted at the front desk before you are seen; employer-ordered exams are billed to the employer account. Bring a photo ID and the form.