PART 2 AVIATION MEDICAL CERTIFICATES
AND AEROMEDICAL REVIEWS |
| Aviation medical certificate is precondition to holding licence |
3.—(1) An individual is not eligible to be granted (on renewal or otherwise) or to hold any licence as follows, unless the person holds a valid Class 1 aviation medical certificate:| (a) | commercial pilot’s licence (aeroplanes); | | (b) | commercial pilot’s licence (helicopters and gyroplanes); | | (c) | commercial pilot’s licence (airships); | | (d) | airline transport pilot’s licence (aeroplanes); | | (e) | airline transport pilot’s licence (helicopters and gyroplanes); | | (f) | multi‑crew pilot’s licence (aeroplanes); | | (g) | private pilot’s licence (aeroplanes) with an instrument rating (aeroplanes); | | (h) | private pilot’s licence (helicopters and gyroplanes) with an instrument rating (helicopters). |
(2) An individual is not eligible to be granted (on renewal or otherwise) or to hold any licence as follows, unless the person holds a valid Class 2 aviation medical certificate:| (a) | student pilot’s licence; | | (b) | private pilot’s licence (aeroplanes) without an instrument rating (aeroplanes); | | (c) | private pilot’s licence (helicopters and gyroplanes) without an instrument rating (helicopters); | | (d) | private pilot’s licence (airships). |
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| (3) An individual is not eligible to be granted (on renewal or otherwise) or to hold an air traffic controller licence, or to undergo on‑the‑job training to act as an air traffic controller, unless the individual holds a valid Class 3 aviation medical certificate. |
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| Application for or to renew aviation medical certificate |
4.—(1) An application for or to renew an aviation medical certificate must —| (a) | be made to the Director‑General of Civil Aviation in accordance with the requirements in Aviation Specifications 8; | | (b) | be accompanied by the relevant fee specified in the Second Schedule; and | | (c) | be accompanied by the following documents or information in the form that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation requires:| (i) | the identity and contact address of the applicant; | | (ii) | the signed medical report of the licensing medical examination issued and submitted by a Designated Aviation Medical Examiner under regulation 5(2); | | (iii) | any other documents or information that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation may require to decide on the application. |
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| (2) The Director‑General of Civil Aviation may refuse to consider an application for or to renew an aviation medical certificate that is incomplete or not made in accordance with this regulation. |
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| Licensing medical examination |
5.—(1) An applicant for the grant or renewal of an aviation medical certificate must —| (a) | undergo a licensing medical examination conducted —| (i) | by a Designated Aviation Medical Examiner at any premises or place specified by the Director‑General of Civil Aviation, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the applicant’s physical and mental conditions satisfy the applicable standard of medical fitness for that aviation medical certificate; and | | (ii) | in accordance with the requirements in Aviation Specifications 8; and |
| | (b) | at the time of undergoing the licensing medical examination mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a), submit to the Designated Aviation Medical Examiner a signed declaration (in accordance with the requirements in Aviation Specifications 8) containing the following information:| (i) | whether the applicant has previously undergone a licensing medical examination and, if so, the date, place and result of the most recent licensing medical examination undergone by the applicant; | | (ii) | whether any aviation medical certificate previously held or applied for by the applicant has been refused, revoked or suspended and, if so, the reason for the refusal, revocation or suspension, as the case may be; | | (iii) | a complete and accurate statement of the medical facts concerning the applicant’s personal, familial and lifestyle history. |
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(2) A Designated Aviation Medical Examiner must, after conducting a licensing medical examination on a person —| (a) | issue a signed medical report stating —| (i) | that the Designated Aviation Medical Examiner has examined the person; and | | (ii) | whether the Designated Aviation Medical Examiner considers that the person meets the applicable standard of medical fitness for a Class 1 aviation medical certificate, a Class 2 aviation medical certificate or a Class 3 aviation medical certificate, as the case may be; and |
| | (b) | submit to the Director‑General of Civil Aviation, in the manner and within the time that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation requires, the signed medical report issued under sub‑paragraph (a). |
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| (3) To avoid doubt, a licensing medical examination conducted by a Designated Aviation Medical Examiner includes any medical examination conducted by another person as long as the results of that medical examination are evaluated by the Designated Aviation Medical Examiner for the purposes of the licensing medical examination. |
(4) A person commits an offence if —| (a) | the person submits a declaration mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) that is incomplete or inaccurate; and | | (b) | the person knows or ought reasonably to have known that the declaration is incomplete or inaccurate, as the case may be. |
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(5) A person who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (4) shall be liable on conviction —| (a) | for a first offence — to a fine not exceeding $10,000; and | | (b) | for a second or subsequent offence — to a fine not exceeding $20,000. |
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| Grant or renewal of aviation medical certificate |
6. The Director‑General of Civil Aviation may, subject to any conditions or limitations that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation thinks fit to impose, grant any application for or to renew an aviation medical certificate —| (a) | if the Director‑General of Civil Aviation is satisfied that the applicant meets the applicable standard of medical fitness for the aviation medical certificate specified in Aviation Specifications 7, based on —| (i) | an evaluation, conducted by one or more Aviation Medical Assessors, of the signed medical report issued under regulation 5(2)(a) in respect of the applicant; or | | (ii) | any further medical examination of the applicant conducted or evaluated by a Designated Aviation Medical Examiner, an Aviation Medical Assessor or a medical specialist that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation requires; or |
| | (b) | in the case where the applicant fails to meet that applicable standard of medical fitness for the aviation medical certificate, if —| (i) | an accredited medical conclusion indicates that in specific circumstances, the applicant’s failure to meet that applicable standard of medical fitness for the aviation medical certificate will not affect the applicant’s ability to exercise, without jeopardising flight safety, the functions or privileges under any licence held or to be held by the applicant; | | (ii) | the Director‑General of Civil Aviation has given due consideration to the relevant ability, skill and experience of the applicant; and | | (iii) | the aviation medical certificate is endorsed with one or more limitations that must be complied with to ensure that any functions or privileges under any licence held or to be held by the applicant are exercised without jeopardising flight safety. |
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| Validity of aviation medical certificate |
7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 8, an aviation medical certificate granted or renewed on application under regulation 4 is valid for the period specified in the Third Schedule that is applicable to the applicant, starting on —| (a) | the date of the licensing medical examination for the aviation medical certificate, unless sub‑paragraph (b) applies; or | | (b) | for an aviation medical certificate that is renewed, where the date of the licensing medical examination is not more than 45 days before the date of expiry of the aviation medical certificate (if not renewed) — the date immediately following that date of expiry. |
| (2) The Director‑General of Civil Aviation may, in any particular case, shorten the validity period of an aviation medical certificate granted or renewed. |
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1) and the Third Schedule, the age of the applicant for the grant or renewal of an aviation medical certificate is to be determined on —| (a) | the date of the licensing medical examination for the aviation medical certificate, unless sub‑paragraph (b) applies; and | | (b) | for the renewal of the aviation medical certificate — the date of expiry of the aviation medical certificate being renewed. |
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| Extending validity of aviation medical certificate |
8.—(1) The holder of an aviation medical certificate may apply to the Director‑General of Civil Aviation to extend the validity of the aviation medical certificate if —| (a) | the holder of the aviation medical certificate —| (i) | is a flight crew member of an aerial work category aircraft, a private category aircraft or a transport category aircraft; or | | (ii) | holds a private pilot’s licence; |
| | (b) | on the date of expiry of the aviation medical certificate, the holder of the aviation medical certificate is or will be in a place outside Singapore where a Designated Aviation Medical Examiner is not available; and | | (c) | the holder of the aviation medical certificate is or will be unable to return to Singapore in order to undergo a licensing medical examination before the date of expiry of the aviation medical certificate. |
(2) An application to extend the validity of an aviation medical certificate must —| (a) | be made to the Director‑General of Civil Aviation in accordance with the requirements in Aviation Specifications 8; and | | (b) | be accompanied by the following documents or information in the form that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation requires:| (i) | the identity and contact address of the applicant; | | (ii) | documents and other evidence of the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c); | | (iii) | if there is any change to the medical facts concerning the applicant’s personal history from the licensing medical examination or any aeromedical review undergone by the applicant in relation to the aviation medical certificate for which an extension of validity is sought — a declaration by the applicant of those changes; | | (iv) | any other documents or information that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation may require to decide on the application. |
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(3) After considering any application to extend the validity of an aviation medical certificate, the Director‑General of Civil Aviation may —| (a) | extend the validity of the aviation medical certificate —| (i) | where the applicant is a flight crew member of an aerial work category aircraft or a private category aircraft — once for a period not exceeding 6 months; | | (ii) | where the applicant is a flight crew member of a transport category aircraft — not more than twice consecutively, and not exceeding 3 months each time; or | | (iii) | where the applicant holds a private pilot’s licence — once for a period not exceeding 24 months; or |
| | (b) | refuse to extend the validity of the aviation medical certificate. |
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(4) Despite paragraph (3), the Director‑General of Civil Aviation may, without any application (whether generally or in any particular case), extend the validity of any aviation medical certificate for —| (a) | a single period not exceeding 3 months; and | | (b) | if necessary, up to 2 further consecutive periods, each not exceeding 6 months. |
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| Responsibilities of holder of aviation medical certificate |
9.—(1) The holder of an aviation medical certificate must comply with every condition and limitation endorsed on the aviation medical certificate granted under regulation 6.(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —| (a) | for a first offence — to a fine not exceeding $50,000; and | | (b) | for a second or subsequent offence — to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both. |
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| Decrease in medical fitness |
10.—(1) A holder of an aviation medical certificate —| (a) | who has a significant medical condition, and who knows or has reason to believe that he or she has a significant medical condition; | | (b) | who knows or has reason to believe that she is pregnant; | | (c) | who is —| (i) | prescribed any medication upon being diagnosed with; or | | (ii) | prescribed any new medication while receiving or undergoing treatment for, |
| any long‑term or chronic illness or condition; |
| | (d) | who is given a notice of unfitness under regulation 5(5) of the Air Navigation (99 — Breath Testing for Alcohol) Regulations 2019 (G.N. No. S 177/2019); or | | (e) | who knows or has reason to believe that he or she has a problem with dependency on psychoactive substances, |
| must inform the Director‑General of Civil Aviation in writing as soon as possible after the occurrence of the event. |
(2) A holder of an aviation medical certificate is deemed to be in a DMF state —| (a) | starting on the earliest of any of the following dates (where applicable):| (i) | the date of occurrence of any event in paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e); | | (ii) | the date on which the Director‑General of Civil Aviation, a Designated Aviation Medical Examiner or an Aviation Medical Assessor assesses that the holder’s physical or mental condition, arising from any cause, is of aeromedical significance and could render the holder unable to safely exercise any functions or privileges under any licence held by the holder; | | (iii) | the date on which the Director‑General of Civil Aviation notifies the holder to undergo an aeromedical review for the purpose of ascertaining whether the holder’s medical fitness has decreased to an extent that would render the holder unable to safely exercise any functions or privileges under any licence held by the holder; and |
| | (b) | ending on the date on which the Director‑General of Civil Aviation determines (based on an aeromedical review undergone by the holder of the aviation medical certificate or otherwise) that the holder is fit to resume exercising the functions and privileges under each licence held by the holder. |
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(3) A holder of an aviation medical certificate who is, or is deemed to be, in a DMF state is not entitled, for the duration of the DMF state, to —| (a) | exercise or perform any privilege or function specified in Part A of the Eighth Schedule to the Air Navigation Order (O 2) under the heading “Privileges” in respect of any licence held by the holder; | | (b) | perform any function specified in Part B of the Eighth Schedule to the Air Navigation Order in respect of a rating included in any such licence; | | (c) | exercise any privileges of an air traffic controller licence specified in paragraph 62A(1) of the Air Navigation Order, or act as an air traffic controller in accordance with any air traffic controller rating specified in the Seventeenth Schedule to that Order, in respect of an air traffic controller licence held by the holder; and | | (d) | undergo on‑the‑job training to act as an air traffic controller. |
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(4) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —| (a) | for a first offence — to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and | | (b) | for a second or subsequent offence — to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both. |
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(5) In paragraph (1), “significant medical condition” includes —| (a) | any of the following (no matter how minor):| (i) | any illness or condition that requires any medical treatment or attendance at a hospital, or that requires any medical treatment by or attendance before a medical specialist, in Singapore or elsewhere; | | (ii) | any personal injury resulting in bodily infirmity, defect or incapacity; | | (iii) | any mental infirmity, defect or incapacity; | | (iv) | any sequela of an illness, condition, injury, infirmity, defect or incapacity mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii); |
| | (b) | any abnormal psychological state; and | | (c) | for a woman, termination of pregnancy. |
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11.—(1) A holder of an aviation medical certificate must undergo —| (a) | an aeromedical review, conducted in accordance with the requirements in Aviation Specifications 8, by a Designated Aviation Medical Examiner for the purpose of —| (i) | monitoring the holder’s physical and mental conditions, as may be required under the conditions or limitations endorsed on the aviation medical certificate; | | (ii) | ascertaining whether the holder’s medical fitness has decreased to an extent that would render the holder unable to safely exercise any functions or privileges under any licence held by the holder; or | | (iii) | in the case where the holder is deemed to be in a DMF state, ascertaining whether the holder is fit to resume exercising the functions and privileges under each licence held by the holder; and |
| | (b) | any other medical examination that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation requires. |
| (2) To avoid doubt, an aeromedical review conducted by a Designated Aviation Medical Examiner includes any medical examination conducted by another person as long as the results of that medical examination are evaluated by the Designated Aviation Medical Examiner for the purposes of the aeromedical review. |
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| Revocation or suspension of aviation medical certificate |
12.—(1) The Director‑General of Civil Aviation may revoke or suspend an aviation medical certificate —| (a) | if the holder of the aviation medical certificate is convicted of an offence under regulation 5(4), 9(2) or 10(4); or | | (b) | where the holder of the aviation medical certificate had been granted an extension of the validity of his or her aviation medical certificate — if the Director‑General of Civil Aviation finds that the holder had failed to declare any change mentioned in regulation 8(2)(b)(iii) that the holder knew or ought reasonably to have known about. |
(2) Before exercising any power under paragraph (1), the Director‑General of Civil Aviation must give notice to the holder of the aviation medical certificate concerned ⸺| (a) | stating that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation proposes to revoke or suspend the aviation medical certificate; | | (b) | specifying the reasons for which the Director‑General of Civil Aviation intends to revoke or suspend the aviation medical certificate; and | | (c) | specifying the time (being at least 14 days from the date of service of notice on the holder) within which written representations may be made to the Director‑General of Civil Aviation with respect to the proposed revocation or suspension (as the case may be) of the aviation medical certificate. |
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| (3) The Director‑General of Civil Aviation may, after considering any written representation made pursuant to paragraph (2)(c), decide whether or not to revoke or suspend (as the case may be) the aviation medical certificate as the Director‑General of Civil Aviation considers appropriate. |
(4) The Director‑General of Civil Aviation must serve on the holder of an aviation medical certificate concerned a written notice of his or her decision under paragraph (3), and if the decision is to revoke or suspend the aviation medical certificate, the written notice must ⸺| (a) | state that the Director‑General of Civil Aviation revokes or suspends (as the case may be) the aviation medical certificate and ⸺| (i) | the date the revocation takes effect; or | | (ii) | the date the suspension takes effect and ends; and |
| | (b) | specify each ground for the revocation or suspension, as the case may be. |
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