Do This First

Student Guide:

For your safety and to avoid delays in your course:

Download and print the Medical Form.
Carefully read the form and answer each medical history question with a concise "Yes" or "No". We are unable to accept medical forms with blanks, check marks, lines drawn down the columns, cross-outs, changed answers, or "Y", "N", "X" or "N/A" as answers.
Complete the STUDENT section on Page 2 of the form.
If you can answer "Yes" to one or more of the medical history questions, then written clearance to dive, without restrictions or conditions, from a physician is required prior to any in-water activities. Immediately do the following:
- Take or send all 6 pages of the form to your physician (MD or DO).
- Ask your physician to complete the PHYSICIAN section on Page 2 of the form and return the form to you.
- Make a copy of the completed form and put it in a safe place. You may need it in the future.
- Bring the completed original form to your first course session.
Give your completed Medical Form to your instructor at your first course session. Otherwise, your training will be delayed.

For questions regarding your fitness to scuba dive, you and/or your physician can speak to Diving Medicine Specialists at Divers Alert Network at no charge. Contact the Divers Alert Network (DAN) non-emergency medical information line at 919-684-2948 (Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm CT). Referrals to local diving and hyperbaric medicine specialists are available.

Download and review the Youth Diving: Responsibilities and Risk Flipchart.
A parent/legal guardian must review the flipchart together with the student diver.
Then, download the Acknowledgement Form.
A parent/legal guardian must complete the Acknowledgement Form together with the student diver.
Give the completed acknowledgement form to the instructor at the first course session.