FAA Airman Medical Certification
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-09-09 — Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025: cross-connection with mental-health-in-aviation: The Act would modify the airman medical certification process by broadening acceptable mental-health treatments and easing special-issuance pathways. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-09-04 — Modernizing Medical Standards for Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Cases: Proposed rule would allow Aviation Medical Examiners to issue airman medical certificates directly to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus applicants meeting defined criteria, bypassing the FAA Special Issuance review process. (novelty: 3)
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Contributing findings
Modernizing Medical Standards for Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Cases
04-sep-2026
novelty 3
per-area 3
introduces