Appealing a denied Medical

[Happy Dog]

A student I know was denied their Canadian Medical Certificate because they
were in an alcohol / drug treatment program. They have to appeal before
some kind of tribunal. Anyone familiar with this process?

moo

[Icebound]

"Happy Dog" > wrote in message
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>A student I know was denied their Canadian Medical Certificate because they
>were in an alcohol / drug treatment program. They have to appeal before
>some kind of tribunal. Anyone familiar with this process?
>

Can you clarify: "were in the program" at the time of application for
medical? OR: "were in the program" previously and were no longer in the
program at the time of application???

[Happy Dog]

"Icebound" >
> "Happy Dog" > wrote in message
> . ..
>>A student I know was denied their Canadian Medical Certificate because
>>they were in an alcohol / drug treatment program. They have to appeal
>>before some kind of tribunal. Anyone familiar with this process?
>>
>
> Can you clarify: "were in the program" at the time of application for
> medical? OR: "were in the program" previously and were no longer in the
> program at the time of application???

They had successfully completed the program and obtained and presented the
documentation stating this. I think that they completed the program a few
months before applying. Maybe there's some sort of waiting period they like
to see.

moo

[Icebound]

"Happy Dog" > wrote in message
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> "Icebound" >
>> "Happy Dog" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>>A student I know was denied their Canadian Medical Certificate because
>>>they were in an alcohol / drug treatment program. They have to appeal
>>>before some kind of tribunal. Anyone familiar with this process?
>>>
>>
>> Can you clarify: "were in the program" at the time of application for
>> medical? OR: "were in the program" previously and were no longer in the
>> program at the time of application???
>
> They had successfully completed the program and obtained and presented the
> documentation stating this. I think that they completed the program a few
> months before applying. Maybe there's some sort of waiting period they
> like to see.
>


The Canadian "medical examiner's guidelines" are on-line at
http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Cam/guide.htm

....and in PDF format:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/publications/EN/TP13312/PDF/HR/TP13312E.pdf

The following link has the addresses and phone numbers for the Regional
Aviation Medical Officers. I would think that a call to the appropriate
regional office will get you the info about appeal procedures.
http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Cam/offices.htm

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Alcohol is only mentioned 6 times in the entire handbook, mostly in the
context of its effects... contributing to hypoxia, etc... and not as a
"condition".

Some conditions, such as the heart, merit several chapters. "Substance
abuse" gets the following paragraph in the "Other Policies" section:

Substance Abuse / Dependence:

Disqualifying.

Once "recovering", an individual assessment to assess risk of relapse.
Restricted
category may be recommended. Continued abstinence is the key to medical
recertification.

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So I guess the fight will be to define "Continued abstinence". In the
handbook, there does not appear to be any firm definition of the required
length of time.

[Happy Dog]

"Icebound" > wrote in message
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>
>> They had successfully completed the program and obtained and presented
>> the documentation stating this. I think that they completed the program
>> a few months before applying. Maybe there's some sort of waiting period
>> they like to see.

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> Alcohol is only mentioned 6 times in the entire handbook, mostly in the
> context of its effects... contributing to hypoxia, etc... and not as a
> "condition".
>
> Some conditions, such as the heart, merit several chapters. "Substance
> abuse" gets the following paragraph in the "Other Policies" section:
>
> Substance Abuse / Dependence:
>
> Disqualifying.
>
> Once "recovering", an individual assessment to assess risk of relapse.
> Restricted
> category may be recommended. Continued abstinence is the key to medical
> recertification.

> So I guess the fight will be to define "Continued abstinence". In the
> handbook, there does not appear to be any firm definition of the required
> length of time.

Well, they'll have to get some representation to go through the tribunal
process. Perhaps they do this with anyone recently treated. I'll post
again when I find out.

moo