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9. Understand reporting responsibilities on your FAA medical application.
The medical application requires pilots to report all medicines, prescription and non-prescription, that the pilot is using on question 17 of the FAA medical application. If this is your first time reporting the use of a medication, be sure to include a statement about the absence of any side effects, if true. Over-the-counter “nutritional supplements” do not require reporting.
Likewise, the pilot is required to report all visits to health-care providers within the last three years, along with the name, address and reason for visit. If a pilot has or has ever had conditions listed on question 18, a check mark in the “yes” block is required. If this information has been previously reported to the FAA, an annotation in the remarks section, “previously reported, no change” is acceptable if there has been no significant change in the medical condition. The pilot may list a “PI#” referencing the condition if one has been assigned to the pilot by the FAA. If this is a new condition or there has been a change, bringing the appropriate documentation as mentioned above will alleviate most questions regarding certification.
The FAA has recently amended the Form 8500-8. It now includes a new question 18y that asks about receiving disability benefits. Pilots who have received Social Security, state, military, Veterans’ Administration or insurance disability benefits should check YES to this question. Receiving disability benefits is not generally disqualifying, but does require submission of information as to the nature of the benefits. Often a VA form listing the benefits is adequate. Other more serious conditions require more detailed information. Many conditions should have already been reported
under one of the other questions on the Form 8500-8.
The FAA is very concerned with omission and falsification of medical conditions and evaluations on Questions 18 and 19 on the medical application, Form 8500-8. Do not forget to list all visits to healthcare providers (except FAA exams and routine dental/eye exams) on your application. Failure to do so may result in revocation of both medical
certificates and all pilot certificates and ratings for up to one year.
Pilots may use an electronic version of the Form 8500-8, termed MedXPress and found at https:// medxpress.faa.gov/, to submit their information to the AME electronically within 30 days of or at the time of their examination. After submission of the electronic application, pilots are given a confirmation number. Access to
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