Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:10:p56
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 10 (pt 56/63)
Character Range: 1700352–1703199

(1) In this Subpart:
modified Austroads medical standards means the private vehicle driver standards in the Austroads medical standards modified to provide that a person with a medical history or condition mentioned in subregulation (2) does not meet the standards.
 (2) For subregulation (1), the medical histories and conditions are the following:
 (a) subject to subregulation (3)—a history of cancer within the 5‑year period before the day the privileges of the licence are exercised;
 (b) a history of ECG changes, with or without symptoms;
 (c) subject to subregulation (4)—a history of heart failure;
 (d) inability to hear a conversational speaking voice at a distance of 2 metres, whether unaided or with the assistance of a medically prescribed hearing aid;
 (e) any musculoskeletal disability, disorder or disease of the bones, joints, muscles or tendons that would limit or restrict the normal manipulation of aircraft controls, or would require physical modifications to the aircraft to enable appropriate manipulation of the controls;
 (f) a history of transient ischaemic attack or stroke;
 (g) a history of multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy or Parkinson's disease;
 (h) a history of one or more of the following in relation to a head injury:
 (i) loss of consciousness;
 (ii) post‑traumatic amnesia;
 (iii) abnormal findings on head CT or MRI investigation;
 (iv) a history of renal colic or calculi;
 (v) active vertigo or a history of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
 (3) For paragraph (2)(a), a history of cancer for a person does not include a history of basal cell skin cancers if:
 (a) each basal cell skin cancer has been treated by excision with no metastasised sequelae; and
 (b) since at least the last occurrence of a basal cell skin cancer, the person has been under active and continuous case management by a medical practitioner who is a specialist oncology physician or surgeon (the treating practitioner); and
 (c) the person is assessed for the issue of a recreational aviation medical practitioner's certificate by the treating practitioner or, if the treating practitioner is not available, by another medical practitioner with knowledge of the person's basal cell skin cancer history.
 (4) For paragraph (2)(c), a history of heart failure for a person does not include a history in which the person meets all of the following requirements:
 (a) the person has not had an episode of heart failure for at least the previous 3 years;
 (b) since at least the last episode of heart failure, the person has been under active and continuous case management by a medical practitioner who is a specialist cardiovascular physician or surgeon (the treating practitioner);
 (c) the person is assessed for the issue of a recreational aviation medical practitioner's certificate by the treating practitioner or, if the