That is something the Florida Supreme Court is considering:
Getting U.S.-quality medical care on a cruise ship can be difficult, according to attorneys who file medical claims for seafarers and cruise passengers. Almost all doctors who work on ships are foreign-trained and reside overseas. That limits the jurisdiction of U.S. courts in cases where something goes wrong. Whether ships have vicarious liability for the actions of doctors arose as a legal question in the age of trans-Atlantic liners. Ship captains weren’t viewed as competent to oversee the specialized skills of physicians.
