# The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2007, Article 23: Medical requirements


(1) The holder of a licence rendered valid under article 22, other than a Flight Radiotelephony Operator’s Licence, shall not be entitled to perform any of the functions to which his licence relates unless it includes an appropriate valid medical certificate issued by an authorised aviation medical examiner; and the certificate shall, without prejudice to paragraph (4), be valid for such period as is therein specified and shall be deemed to form part of the licence.
(2) A person shall not be entitled to act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man if he knows or suspects that his physical or mental condition renders him temporarily or permanently unfit to perform such functions or to act in such capacity.
(3) Every holder of a medical certificate who—
(a) suffers any personal injury involving incapacity to undertake his functions as a member of the flight crew;
(b) suffers any illness involving incapacity to undertake those functions throughout a period of 21 days or more; or
(c) in the case of a woman, has reason to believe that she is pregnant;
shall inform the Department in writing of such injury, illness or pregnancy, as soon as possible in the case of injury or pregnancy, and as soon as the period of 21 days has expired in the case of illness.
(4) The medical certificate shall be deemed to be suspended upon the occurrence of such injury or the expiry of such period of illness or the confirmation of the pregnancy; and—
(a) in the case of injury or illness the suspension shall cease upon the holder being medically examined by an authorised aviation medical examiner and pronounced fit to resume his functions as a member of the flight crew;
(b) in the case of pregnancy, the suspension shall cease after the pregnancy has ended upon the holder being medically examined by an authorised aviation medical examiner after the pregnancy has ended and pronounced fit to resume her functions as a member of the flight crew by an authorised aviation medical examiner.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1115/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2007/article-23
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