Table of Contents - Page 1 Pilot History and General Info
This page indexes the review section of the interview (history) portion of the Medical Evaluation and references general information contained in the AME Guide.
- Item by Item Guidance for Front Part of the Medical Certificate Application, FAA Form 8500-8 (PIlot Medical History) :
- Positive Identification of Airman
- Handling of the Forms
- Class Applied For: Item 1-2
- Demographics and ID: Item 3-10
- Occupation and Employer: Item 11-12
- Prior Suspension-Denial-Revocation Item 13
- Total Pilot Time Item 14-15
- Date of Last Flight Physical Item 16
- Current Medications Item 17a
- Near Vision Contact Lenses while flying Item 17b
- Medical History Item 18
- Doctor Visits Last 3 years Item 19
- National Driver Register and Certifying Declarations Item 20
- General Info
- Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) Legal Duties
- Authority of AME
- Required Equipment
- Medical Decision Making
- AME Assisted Special Issuance (AASI)
- Privacy and HIPAA
- Release of Info
- No Alternate AMEs Allowed
- Who may be Certified (Age and Language Requirements)
- Class of Medical Certificates
- Operations where Med Certificates not needed
- Validity of Certificates
- Pilot's duty to Halt Ops during Medical Deficiency
- Reexamination after Denial
- Fees for the Exam
- Replacing Lost Certificates
- Dispositions of Applications and Medical Exams
- Protection and Destruction of Forms
- Requesting Assistance
- Airman Appeals
- First the Airmen Applicant completes page 1 (Items 1-20) of the application, and then the AME will perform an initial review
After the reivew, the Physical Exam starts. Click to continue to Page 2 (Reverse Side - AME Portion of 8500) for a full discussion of the second portion of the Pilot Medical Evaluation: the Physical Examination.