medical certification

Every aircrew member is required to be medically fit before he or she can assume flight duties. For pilots, there are three classes of medical certificates: Class 3 medical certificates are for private pilot duties only. They have the least-restrictive medical requirements, and the certificates are generally good for two years. Class 2 medical certificates are for commercial, nonairline duties, as well as private pilot duties. This certificate would be required of crop dusters, charter pilots, corporate pilots, and anyone else who flies commercially. The certificate is good for one year for commercial activities and two years for private pilot use. Class 1 medical certificates are required for pilots of scheduled airliners. They have the most stringent medical requirements, and the certificate is good for six months for airliner duties. Like the class 2 certificate, however, it is good for one year for other commercial activities and two or three years for private pilot duties. Medical tests must be conducted by an authorized medical examiner. These medical certification classifications are valid in the United States, but similar practices are in use in most countries around the world.

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The Mayo Clinic's comprehensive set of medical services for both professional and recreational pilots focuses more on preventive medicine--or keeping pilots healthy for continued long-term certification--while also working closely with the FAA so pilots with medical certification issues don't get snagged in FAA special issuance bureaucracy.

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Duterte, 73, to make public a medical certification that he was in good health.

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He said that people with disabilities, including children, should undergo medical certification every year.

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After years of lobbying by general-aviation advocates, the FAA issued new rules in January that aim to make it easier for many pilots to maintain their medical certification. The FAA third-class medical, which GA advocates have long argued is a nuisance to pilots that does little to advance safety, will still be required, but starting May 1 pilots can choose a new renewal option called BasicMed.

FAA issues new GA medical rules

The "fine print" for FAA medical certification purposes is a little complicated.

Travel Health Alert

(1) During the process of medical certification of the cause of death, it is incorrect to write "heart failure," "cardiac failure," "cardiopulmonary arrest", "respiratory arrest" and "brain death" without mentioning the underlying pathological cause.

Medical certification of cause of death

Dubai: A one-stop 5,000-capacity medical residency fitness centre will start receiving applicants in January, aiming to ease the nightmare that has engulfed the medical certification process.

New centre to process 5,000 cards in a day

Because the effectiveness of the medical certification process is not known, this testimony, and the accompanying report (GAO-08-826) that GAO is releasing today focuses on (1) GAO's analyses of the magnitude of commercial drivers with serious medical conditions, and (2) examples of cases where careful medical examinations did not occur on commercial drivers with serious medical conditions.

Commercial Drivers: Certification Process for Drivers with Serious Medical Conditions

Can the Human Resources Department give Jenny a medical certification form for her medical provider to complete before granting the leave?

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Changes could include approaches to implement the recently enacted provisions granting additional FMLA leave for military families and clarification regarding medical certification forms.

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Restrictions on travellers from China and Vietnam are still in place, although they can still travel subject to medical certification and visa, reported New Straits Times-Management Times.

Malaysia lifts restrictions on some travellers

Doctors will vote on a new contract next month, and if they accept it, a group will be set up to examine a range of topics including medical certification.

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