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Division MED.B.005 General medical requirementsF1

United Kingdom

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Applicants for a medical certificate shall be assessed in accordance with the detailed medical requirements set out in Sections 2 and 3.

They shall, in addition, be assessed as unfit where they have any of the following medical conditions which entails a degree of functional incapacity which is likely to interfere with the safe exercise of the privileges of the licence applied for or could render the applicant likely to become suddenly unable to exercise those privileges:

  1. (a)

    abnormality, either congenital or acquired;

  2. (b)

    active, latent, acute or chronic disease or disability;

  3. (c)

    wound, injury or sequelae from operation;

  4. (d)

    effect or side effect of any prescribed or non-prescribed therapeutic, diagnostic or preventive medication taken.

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F1

Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/27 of 19 December 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).