We, the staff of and for Metairie Diving School, Inc., Harry’s Dive Shop, Inc. and Swim-Smart @ Harry’s reserve the right to refuse anyone from any or all activity in the best interest of that person and all other individuals potentially affected.

Medical History Form

• If the answer to anything is Yes, medical approval from a licensed physician is required before any in-water activity is permitted.

• There can be no scratch outs or amending of statements or questions.

• A Yes answer cannot be changed to a No answer and students are not permitted to fill out a new form to reflect a different answer.

• The Medical Questionnaire must be filled out and honestly answered No to all questions before participating in ANY in-water activity.

• If a student diver honestly answers No to all medical questions yet is exhausted or unable to complete course requirements at a level of competence equal to or greater than the average public, we reserve the right to require a medical release from a licensed physician before the student continues to open water activity. In extreme cases, this requirement could also apply to continued participation of pool activities.

Classes, Trips and Activities

Considerations for refusal of activity include but are not limited to concern about risk, injury and/or health of the person or people, disruption of service, risk to the public, staff and business in general.

• Any instructor, dive leader, captain, trip leader, swim teacher, deck manager or dive safety officer is authorized to make decisions regarding whether or not an individual is permitted to participate in any portion of a trip, class or activity based on attitude, weather, surrounding conditions, safety, behavior, age, medical, physical condition, dehydration, general preparedness, proper credentials, impaired abilities, verbal claim of infirmity, intoxication, poor condition or lack of familiarity with equipment, blatant disregard of rules, recklessness, overly aggressive or rude, abusiveness, uncooperative, language barrier, dishonesty of ability, inappropriate equipment, medication, illicit substances, inability to manage personal needs, peer pressure, underwater photographer etiquette, disability for current event or any other situation that warrants the experienced call of judgment for the activity at hand.

• Traveling out of the country for scuba diving limits availablity to medical assistance. Consequently, divers need to have made a scuba dive (even in a pool) within the last twelve months. If it has been more than a year since you last used made a dive, you may be required to take and pay for a Scuba Skills Update at the travel destination prior to the regularly scheduled dives.

• As a convenience and added perk for those going on a dive trip with us,we offer one free Saturday pool session within one month of trip departure.