"Paul Anton" wrote in message
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A question for you legal beagles.

An acquaintance has a medical that states "Corrective lenses must be worn
&
near vision lenses carried" The typical old farts who wear glasses
endorsement.

Well his vision has changed, a trip to the ophthalmologist confirmed that
he
no longer needs the glasses for far vision. The new lenses will be plano
on
top with the bi-focals only. (He's worn glasses so long that reading
glasses
would be a pain)

Now where is he on the medical? If the present glasses are worn his vision
is actually degraded. If the new glasses with NO correction are worn then
is
the medical valid?

So what now?? A new physical?? Will the plano glasses fulfill the
"Corrective lenses" portion of the medical?

So what's the problem? as long as he wears spectacles which correct his
vision as appropriate then that's all required. If he previously needed to
wear a full frame set and now only needs to wear a half frame set then he is
meeting the condition. If he is more comfortable having a pair of glasses
with top have plain glass and the lower half prescription again no problem,
he is complying with the endorsement. In either case he is wearing
corrective lenses.