NOTES FOR THE PILOT
1) This medical declaration must be signed by you and countersigned by your GP before your first solo flight, and then at renewal intervals
as noted. The minimum age for signing is one month prior to your 16th birthday (the minimum age for solo flying). You must make sure
that you provide copies of the relevant documents for your GP - these include the Notes for the General Practitioner (the page after these
notes), Additional Information for GPs, and any medical information sheets (see below).
2) If you do not meet the DVLA Group 2 (professional) driving standards, but do reach the Group 1 (private) driving standards, you may
only fly solo, unless your only passenger is also a pilot licensed to fly the aircraft, and the aircraft is fitted with dual controls. This
passenger will act as your safety pilot and should be so briefed.
3) If you have any of the medical conditions listed in paragraph 4 below, you must provide your GP with a copy of the relevant medical
information sheet. These information sheets are available from the National Pilot Licensing Group Ltd (NPLG Ltd), the British Microlight
Aircraft Association (BMAA), the British Balloon and Airship Club (BBAC), the British Rotorcraft Association (BRA) or from the Civil
Aviation Authority (CAA) web site. Your GP will not be able to countersign your declaration until he/she has seen this information, and
even then may need to refer to a National PPL Medical Adviser for further advice.
4) Medical disorders for which information sheets are available include: nervous system, heart, diabetes, psychiatric, vision, chest and
breathing, epilepsy, drug/alcohol misuse and physical disability.
5) Whenever you intend to go flying it is your personal responsibility as a pilot to be fit. Illness or injury, drug treatment, fatigue, pregnancy,
medical procedures or surgical operations will usually entail temporary unfitness. If you are in doubt about your fitness you should stop
flying and seek advice from your GP (who will assess you to the driving standards) or a National PPL Medical Adviser.
6) On referral for a medical investigation or procedure, or after any serious illness or injury, you must discuss your fitness with a doctor.
This may be your treating doctor, your GP or a National PPL Medical Adviser. It is your responsibility to ensure that, at each
consultation, any doctor providing medical advice is aware that you are a pilot. If any doctor advises that you are unfit (for driving
or flying), you must not fly until that assessment has been changed. The relevant information sheet (see paragraph 4 above) may help
your doctor in this assessment. Again the National PPL Medical Advisors can give specific advice about flying to your treating doctor or
GP.
7) If you wear spectacles or contact lenses, a readily available spare pair of spectacles must be carried when flying.
8) Your licence is not valid without an in-date copy of this medical declaration. Please note that if you are using a UK National PPL with a
JAR or other UK medical certificate (which is perfectly acceptable), that certificate carries its original validity - the validity periods for the
UK National PPL Declaration cannot be transferred to a JAR or UK certificate. The Declaration is for use ONLY with a UK National PPL
(SEP, microlight or SLMG) or a UK PPL (Balloon & Airship, Gyroplane). UK PPL holders (issued pre JAR) who only fly microlights should
contact the BMAA for advice before using this declaration. Glider pilots use the same system of medical assessment but with a BGA
licence.
9) A copy of your signed declaration (NPPL holders only) must be sent to the appropriate National PPL administrative body
(National Pilot Licensing Group Ltd for single engine piston aircraft and self launching motor gliders, British Microlight Aircraft
Association for microlights).