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Section 67.307

medication or other treatment involved, finds - 
(1) Makes the person unable to safely
perform the duties or exercise the
privileges of the airman certificate applied for or held; or
(2) May reasonably be expected, for
the maximum duration of the airman
medical certificate applied for or held,
to make the person unable to perform
those duties or exercise those privileges.
Section 67.215

Discretionary issuance.

A person who does not meet the provisions of SectionSection 67.203 through 67.213 may
apply for the discretionary issuance of
a certificate under Section 67.401.

Subpart D - Third-Class Airman
Medical Certificate
Section 67.301

Eligibility.

To be eligible for a third-class airman medical certificate, or to remain
eligible for a third-class airman medical certificate, a person must meet the
requirements of this subpart.

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Section 67.303

Section 67.305 Ear, nose, throat, and equilibrium.
Ear, nose, throat, and equilibrium
standards for a third-class airman medical certificate are:
(a) The person shall demonstrate acceptable hearing by at least one of the
following tests:
(1) Demonstrate an ability to hear an
average conversational voice in a quiet
room, using both ears, at a distance of
6 feet from the examiner, with the back
turned to the examiner.
(2) Demonstrate an acceptable understanding of speech as determined by
audiometric
speech
discrimination
testing to a score of at least 70 percent
obtained in one ear or in a sound field
environment.
(3) Provide acceptable results of pure
tone audiometric testing of unaided
hearing acuity according to the following table of worst acceptable
thresholds, using the calibration standards of the American National Standards Institute, 1969:
500 1000 2000 3000
Hz
Hz
Hz
Hz

Frequency (Hz)
Better ear (Db) .................................
Poorer ear (Db) ...............................

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(b) No disease or condition of the
middle or internal ear, nose, oral cavity, pharynx, or larynx that - 
(1) Interferes with, or is aggravated
by, flying or may reasonably be expected to do so; or
(2) Interferes with clear and effective
speech communication.
(c) No disease or condition manifested by, or that may reasonably be
expected to be manifested by, vertigo
or a disturbance of equilibrium.
Section 67.307 Mental.
Mental standards for a third-class
airman medical certificate are:
(a) No established medical history or
clinical diagnosis of any of the following:
(1) A personality disorder that is severe enough to have repeatedly manifested itself by overt acts.
(2) A psychosis. As used in this section,  - psychosis -  refers to a mental
disorder in which - 
(i) The individual has manifested delusions, hallucinations, grossly bizarre

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Eye.

Eye standards for a third-class airman medical certificate are:
(a) Distant visual acuity of 20/40 or
better in each eye separately, with or
without corrective lenses. If corrective
lenses (spectacles or contact lenses)
are necessary for 20/40 vision, the person may be eligible only on the condition that corrective lenses are worn
while exercising the privileges of an
airman certificate.
(b) Near vision of 20/40 or better,
Snellen equivalent, at 16 inches in each
eye separately, with or without corrective lenses.
(c) Ability to perceive those colors
necessary for the safe performance of
airman duties.
(d) No acute or chronic pathological
condition of either eye or adnexa that
interferes with the proper function of
an eye, that may reasonably be expected to progress to that degree, or
that may reasonably be expected to be
aggravated by flying.

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