Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:10:p40
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 10 (pt 40/63)
Character Range: 1656200–1659624

Subject to subregulations (2) to (7), a person who satisfies the criteria in table 67.160 meets medical standard 3.
 (2) A person may use contact lenses to meet the criterion in item 3.33 of table 67.160 if the lenses are monofocal and not tinted, and are well tolerated.
 (3) A person whose visual acuity in either eye is worse than 6/60 must provide a full ophthalmic report to CASA.
 (4) A person who has undergone surgery affecting the refractive status of either eye is taken not to meet the criterion in item 3.33 of table 67.160 until he or she is free of safety‑relevant sequelae of the surgery.
 (5) A person who requires both near correction and distant correction to meet the criteria in items 3.33 and 3.34 of table 67.160 must demonstrate that 1 pair of spectacles is sufficient to meet both requirements for correction.
 (6) If a person applies for a class 3 medical certificate, the person must demonstrate that he or she meets the criterion in item 3.37 of table 67.160 by, in daylight, or artificial light of similar luminosity, readily identifying a series of pseudo‑isochromatic plates of the Ishihara 24‑plate type, making no more than 2 errors.
 (7) If a change is made to a criterion in an item of table 67.160, a person who held a class 3 medical certificate and satisfied the criterion immediately before the change, but fails to satisfy the criterion as changed, is taken to satisfy the criterion for 2 years after the day when the change is made.

Table 67.160 Criteria for medical standard 3

Item                                                 Criterion
Abnormalities, disabilities and functional capacity
3.1                                                  Has no safety‑relevant condition of any of the following kinds that produces any degree of functional incapacity, or risk of incapacitation:
                                                     (a) an abnormality;
                                                     (b) a disability or disease (active or latent);
                                                     (c) an injury;
                                                     (d) a sequela of an accident or a surgical operation
3.2                                                  Has no physical conditions or limitations that are safety‑relevant
3.3                                                  Is not using any over‑the‑counter or prescribed medication or drug (including medication or a drug used to treat a disease or medical disorder) that causes the person to experience any side effects likely to affect the person to an extent that is safety‑relevant
Mental fitness
3.4                                                  Has no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of any of the following conditions, to an extent that is safety‑relevant:
                                                     (a) psychosis;
                                                     (b) significant personality disorder;
                                                     (c) significant mental abnormality or neurosis
3.5                                                  Does not engage in any problematic use of substances (within the meaning given by section 1.1 of Annex 1, Personnel Licensing, to the Chicago Convention)
3.6                                                  If there is any personal history of problematic use of a substance (within the meaning given