Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners

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Current date of revision to the Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners - April 9, 2013

The Guide provides pertinent information and guidance needed to perform the duties and responsibilities of an Aviation Medical Examiner.

Methods to navigate through the Guide:

• FAA Form 8500-8; Application Process and Examination Techniques
• General Information
• Applicant History (Items 1-20)
• Examination Techniques (Items 21-58)
• Application Review (Items 59-64)
• Aeromedical Decision Considerations
• Aerospace Medical Dispositions
• Disease Protocols
• Pharmaceuticals
• Special Issuances
• Substances of Dependence/Abuse
• Synopsis of Medical Standards

Resources

• AME Guide - Download, Print, or View the Complete AME Guide (PDF, 1.53 MB)
• NavAids - Alternative Browsing for the AME Guide (PDF)
• NavAids FAQs (PDF, 26 KB)
• Archives and Updates of the Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners (PDF, 332 KB)
• Aviation Medical Examiner System - Order 8520.2G (PDF, 113 KB)
• Forms
• Glossary
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) - The International Standards on Personnel Licensing are contained in Annex 1 - Personnel Licensing to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (PDF).
  The FAA maintains an updated, hard copy of all the ICAO Annexes and also an on-line subscription. The FAA makes copies of Annex 1 available at seminars and can provide Examiners access upon request.
• Locate an Office
• Regional and Center Medical Offices
• Flight Standards District Offices
• 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 67 Medical Standards and Certification