Medical examination

A person applying for the grant or renewal of a licence to act as a member of the operating crew of an aircraft shall be required to undergo a medical examination to ascertain whether 164 Civil Aviation his physical condition conforms with the standard of fitness, i.e., physical, visual, colour perception and hearing, applicable to the case, as specified in regulation 195. The examination will be based upon the requirements specified in regulations 197 to 210, provided that – (a) an applicant who does not satisfy the appropriate medical requirements may, at the discretion of the Governor, be accepted as eligible, for the grant or renewal of a licence so far as medical requirements are concerned. Any licence granted or renewed in accordance with this proviso may be made subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Governor may consider appropriate in the particular case; (b) if an applicant for the renewal of a licence is for the time being on duty as a member of the operating crew of an aircraft in a region distant from official medical centres the medical examination which he should normally pass to obtain renewal of the licence may exceptionally, at the discretion of the Governor – (i) be deferred once for a period of six months in the case of a member of the operating crew of a private aircraft; or (ii) be deferred for two consecutive periods of three months each in the case of a member of the operating crew of a public transport or aerial work aircraft, on condition that the applicant obtains locally on each occasion a satisfactory medical certificate after having been Civil Aviation 165 examined by a qualified medical officer.