Refractive surgery
JAR-FCL 3 Subparts B and C SECTION 1. .Appendix 12 to Subparts B and C. .Ophthalmological requirements. .(See JAR-FCL 3.215 and 3.335)
Refractive surgery entails unfitness. Re-certification for Class 1 and certification for Class 2 may be considered by the AMS 12 months after the date of refractive surgery provided that:
(a) Pre-operative refraction (as defined in JAR-FCL 3.220(b) and 3.340(b)) was less than 5 dioptres;
(b) satisfactory stability of refraction has been achieved (less than 0.75 dioptres variation diurnally);. .and
(c) glare sensitivity is not increased.
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