FAA Medical Certification

1. First you will need to go to the FAA's website:  MedXPress
2. If you are already registered you may sign in.
3. If you have never logged into this website, you will need to "Request an Account."
4. This will take you to a page asking for your name, email address and other information.
5. Once you enter this information and submit it, you will then have to go to your email and pick up the one-time password with which you will then re-enter the MedXPress site.
6. Next, you will be asked to create a new password and login to the site to begin working on the FAA Form 8500-8.
7. When you get to Item 19 you will be asked to add the physicians you've seen in the last 3 years.  Each physician only needs to be listed once; if there are multiple visits to one physician you can group them all in the "Remarks" section by way of explanation, i.e. "multiple visits for..."
8. Once you've completed the form, you will need to "Submit" it after which you will be given a Confirmation Number, which is also printed at the bottom of the FAA Form 8500-8.

This is a new program written by Congress that allows pilots to fly, with certain restrictions, without obtaining an FAA Medical Certificate.

The program began May 1, 2017, after which pilots may fly under BasicMed without an FAA Medical Certificate as long as they follow certain rules and restrictions.

The FAA summary page detailing BasicMed can be accessed by clicking the link:  BasicMed

Since BasicMed falls outside the purview of the FAA,  BasicMed IS NOT AVAILABLE  at this office.

I have included a link below to the FAA Advisory Circular (AC No. 68-1A) which authorizes BasicMed.

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentid/1031168

These are currently 17 medical conditions whereby an AME may issue medical certificates that previously required an FAA decision.

All 17 CACI Worksheets are available for download below under "CACI Worksheets."  You can also find them on the FAA website:  CACI

If you have one of these conditions, you can look at the CACI Worksheet and have your doctor look it over to see if you meet the criteria set forth under each condition.  If you meet those conditions then you can have your doctor complete the "checklist" and sign the form so that you can bring it to the office at the time of your exam.

You can read about the synopsis of medical standards required by the FAA:  FAA Medical Standards​

You can review the FAA website for information on validity, or read the summary below:

First Class Medical:  Pilots under age 40:  Valid for one year; After 1 year Drops to 3rd Class, Valid for 4 additional years as a 3rd Class.

• Pilots age 40 and older:  Valid for 6 months; After 6 months Class drops from 1st to 2nd Class for 6 months; After 1 year Drops to 3rd Class for 1 year

Second Class Medical:  Valid for one year for all ages.  After 1 year drops to 3rd Class for 4 years if under age 40; Age 40 or older after 1 year Drops to 3rd Class for one (1) year.

Third Class Medical:  Pilots under age 40:  Valid for 5 years (60 calendar months) from the date of the exam.

• Pilots 40 yrs or older:  Valid for 2 years (24 calendar months) from the date of the exam.