Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners

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Application Process for Medical Certification

• Each medical certificate must bear the same date as the date of medical examination regardless of the date the certificate is actually issued.
• Each medical certificate must be type-written either by typewriter or computer print-out. Handwritten or obviously corrected certificates are not acceptable.
• Only use standard limitations as contained within this document or on the Aerospace Medical Certification System (AMCS).
• Each medical certificate must be fully completed prior to being signed.
• Both the AME and applicant must sign the medical certificate in ink.
• The applicant must sign before leaving the AME�s office.
• AMEs are required to use the electronic transmission capability of AMCS and must forward the FAA/Original Copy to the FAA in Oklahoma (see address below). The AME Work Copy must be retained as the file copy.

Aerospace Medical Certification Division, AAM-300

Civl Aerospace Medical Institute

Federal Aviation Administration

P.O. Box 25082

Oklahoma City, OK 73125-9867