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ICAO Annexure 1 Chapter 6
6.4.3
Visual requirements
The medical
examination shall be based on the following
requirements.
Note.— An
applicant accepted as meeting these
provisions is deemed to continue to do so
unless there is reason to suspect otherwise,
in which case an ophthalmic report is
required at the discretion of the Licensing
Authority. Both uncorrected and corrected
visual acuity are normally measured and
recorded at each re-examination. Conditions
which indicate a need to obtain an
ophthalmic report include: a substantial
decrease in the uncorrected visual acuity,
any decrease in best corrected visual
acuity, and the occurrence of eye disease,
eye injury or eye surgery.
6.4.3.2.1
Applicants may use contact lenses to meet
this requirement provided that:
Note.—
Applicants who use contact lenses may not
need to have their uncorrected visual acuity
measured at each re- examination provided
the history of their contact lens
prescription is known.
6.4.3.2.2
Applicants with a large refractive error
shall use contact lenses or high-index
spectacle lenses.
6.4.3.2.3 Recommendation.—
Applicants whose uncor- rected
distant visual acuity in either eye is worse
than 6/60 should be required to provide a
full ophthalmic report prior to initial
Medical Assessment and every five years
thereafter.
6.4.3.3
Applicants
who have undergone surgery affecting the
refractive status of the eye shall be
assessed as unfit unless they are free from
those sequelae which are likely to interfere
with the safe exercise of their licence and
rating privileges.
6.4.3.4
The applicant shall have the ability to
read, while wearing the correcting lenses,
if any, required by 6.4.3.2, the N5 chart or
its equivalent at a distance selected by
that applicant in the range of 30 to 50 cm.
If this requirement is met only by the use
of near correction, the applicant may be
assessed as fit provided that this near
correction is added to the spectacle
correction already prescribed in accordance
with 6.4.3.2; if no such correction is
prescribed, a pair of spectacles for near
use shall be kept readily available during
the exercise of the privileges of the
licence. When near correction is required,
the applicant shall demonstrate that one
pair of spectacles is sufficient to meet
both distant and near visual requirements.
Note 1.— N5
refers to the size of typeface used. For
further details, see the
Manual of Civil Aviation Medicine (Doc
8984).
6.4.3.4.1 When
near correction is required in accordance with
this paragraph, a second pair of near-correction
spectacles shall be kept available for immediate
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