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I hardly am at SB nowadays but this hit me. Peter, my thoughts and hopes are with you and family. I still hope she is somewhere there and they will find her. I am really at loss. I considered her a friend that I've never met but hoped to meet soon.

Thank you! It makes sense now. I am glad you wrote this and I can now change what I was thinking based on the new (to me) facts.

The issue in IE is that you don't have the luxury of missing the 5 count or you fail your Rescue #7 scenario. In real life yes, you miss by a little, pack 2 breaths and continue. We are strictly talking IE here where demonstration skills are required. 1...2....3...inhale...simulate rescue...

Do they belong to an IE if they pull out a knife to cut one wearing BP/W out of a webbing? How would you feel if a fellow IE candidate pulls out a knife and gets you out of the webbing? After all one was not confused and applied proper rescue technique.

Form is VERY generic. The questions are there because those conditions might expose one to higher risk during scuba diving. The 2nd side is simple MD form that MD can fill in w/o any specifics as well and state individual is fit for diving. In fact you can just bring MD signed second page w/o...

There is probably no instructor in US that would take you as a student w/o signed medical form. If your MD cleared you, you should bring the form signed by MD. It doesn't go into any details just stating that MD finds you ok to dive.

By not filling honestly (and not being MD to make qualified medical decision on it) you do not provide the dive professionals information asked. Feel free to build relationship on a lie, but instructor should have an opportunity to decide to take or not to take the risk with particular student...

yes, because bold is not true

Yes, but what kind of person would willingly lie and expose others to additional risk? Definitely not a person I would hold in high regards.

You still get sued and still have to deal with the crap. One willingly exposes others to risk just to simplify your life? That is not cool at all.

Legal liability.

You are actually exposing dive professionals to additional risk by doing so. It is a YES/NO question and if you see MD then have him sign you are clear and be done with it. If I knew any of my students has done that I would certainly not be taking him/her under water.

I do have two YES on my form and every year I bring the form to my primary care MD and he or PA sign it just fine. It is valid for one year so I just make copies and keep few in my logbook just in case I am asked to fill in the form somewhere. Problem solved.

You initially just asked about agency and when called upon you expanded to level of training. As other above I think it is not an agency issue. I can understand level of training but not agency (unless it is determined that standards were followed yet with change of standards this could be...

Ask the shop if they want to do this or not. You think you can make profit from teaching?

SSI shop gets to sell gear to the students. Why not? It is quite possible (I do it).

PADI is much larger and allows independent instructors while SSI is smaller and instructors have to be associated with a shop.

Not quite the same. If I remember correctly, submarines are not pressurized to the ambient pressure.

Considering mantis shrimp use UV light to see your statement makes no sense. Mantis Shrimp Use "Nature's Sunscreen" To Tune UV Vision | IFLScience

Basically you work for 6 months to cover $3k worth or $6k/year or way less than minimal wage. Granted it gives you good view of how much is scuba professional actually worth.