If you want to get legal/technical, the regulatory language does not specify
reporting of self treatment... Based on what you say, no
arrests/convictions and not formally hospitalized with a bodily illness that
some insurance company has to pay for (paper trail), then what I always
advise folks who seek my counsel: Do a Clinton... Don't ask - Don't tell -
Pay your own bill...

Further, and in spite of the position the FAA lawyers will obviously take,
the HIPPA law makes your personal medical information your personal
property... I am awaiting with interest when the first test case comes where
the FAA takes certificate action against a pilot based on HIPPA protected
information... Should be a hoot to watch all the way up to the Brethern...
If I were a betting man, I would bet that the FAA will drop the case and
reinstate the pilot at the appellate level since they know that their regs
denying due process for pilots in the civil courts will not withstand a
constitutional scrutiny by the high court...

denny

"Julia" wrote in message
om...
I've been assigned the task of finding out the consequences of a
private pilot who voluntarily checks into drug rehab for assistance
beating a cocaine addiction.