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Power on which they depend, through the intermediary of the Protecting Power, of the rate ofdaily working pay that it has fixed. 408Working pay shall likewise be paid by the detaining authorities to POWs permanentlydetailed to duties, or to a skilled or semi-skilled occupation, in connection with theadministration, installation, or maintenance of camps, and to the POWs who are required to carryout spiritual or medical duties on behalf of their comrades. 409Working pay of POW Representatives, their advisers, if any, or assistants, also isprovided for in the GPW. 4109.19.5 Medical Fitness to Work. The fitness of POWs for work shall be periodicallyverified by medical examinations, at least once a month. 411 The examinations shall haveparticular regard to the nature of the work that the POWs are required to do. 412If any POW considers himself or herself incapable of working, he or she shall bepermitted to appear before the medical authorities of the camp. 413 Physicians or surgeons mayrecommend that the POWs who are, in their opinion, unfit for work, be exempted therefrom. 4149.19.6 Accidents or Disease in Connection With Work. POWs who sustain accidents inconnection with work, or who contract a disease in the course or in consequence of their work,shall receive all the care their condition may require. 415 The Detaining Power shall furthermoredeliver to such POWs a medical certificate enabling them to submit their claims to the Power onwhich they depend, and shall send a duplicate to the Central POW Information Agency providedfor in Article 123 of the GPW. 416408 GPW art. 62 (“The Detaining Power shall inform prisoners of war, as well as the Power on which they depend,through the intermediary of the Protecting Power, of the rate of daily working pay that it has fixed.”).409 GPW art. 62 (“Working pay shall likewise be paid by the detaining authorities to prisoners of war permanentlydetailed to duties or to a skilled or semi-skilled occupation in connection with the administration, installation ormaintenance of camps, and to the prisoners who are required to carry out spiritual or medical duties on behalf oftheir comrades.”).410 Refer to § 9.24.4.5 (Working Pay of POW Representatives, Advisers, and Assistants).411 GPW art. 55 (“The fitness of prisoners of war for work shall be periodically verified by medical examinations atleast once a month.”).412 GPW art. 55 (“The examinations shall have particular regard to the nature of the work which prisoners of war arerequired to do.”).413 GPW art. 55 (“If any prisoner of war considers himself incapable of working, he shall be permitted to appearbefore the medical authorities of his camp.”).414 GPW art. 55 (“Physicians or surgeons may recommend that the prisoners who are, in their opinion, unfit forwork, be exempted therefrom.”).415 GPW art. 54 (“Prisoners of war who sustain accidents in connection with work, or who contract a disease in thecourse, or in consequence of their work, shall receive all the care their condition may require.”).416 GPW art. 54 (“The Detaining Power shall furthermore deliver to such prisoners of war a medical certificateenabling them to submit their claims to the Power on which they depend, and shall send a duplicate to the CentralPrisoners of War Agency provided for in Article 123.”).567