The general medical standards for a third-class airman medical
certificate are:
(a) No established medical history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes
mellitus that requires insulin or any other hypoglycemic drug for control.
(b) No other organic, functional, or structural disease, defect, or
limitation that the Federal Air Surgeon, based on the case history and
appropriate, qualified medical judgment relating to the condition
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.
(c) No medication or other treatment that the Federal Air Surgeon,
based on the case history and appropriate, qualified medical judgment
relating to the 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.