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        <CFRTITLE>14</CFRTITLE>
        <CFRTITLETEXT>Aeronautics and Space</CFRTITLETEXT>
        <VOL>2</VOL>
        <DATE>2024-01-01</DATE>
        <ORIGINALDATE>2024-01-01</ORIGINALDATE>
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        <TITLE>Prohibition on operations during medical deficiency.</TITLE>
        <GRANULENUM>61.53</GRANULENUM>
        <HEADING>Section 61.53</HEADING>
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            <PARENT HEADING="Title 14" SEQ="4">Aeronautics and Space</PARENT>
            <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER I" SEQ="3">FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)</PARENT>
            <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER D" SEQ="2">AIRMEN</PARENT>
            <PARENT HEADING="PART 61" SEQ="1">CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS</PARENT>
            <PARENT HEADING="Subpart A" SEQ="0">General</PARENT>
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        <SECTNO>§ 61.53</SECTNO>
        <SUBJECT>Prohibition on operations during medical deficiency.</SUBJECT>
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            (a) 
            <E T="03">Operations that require a medical certificate.</E>
             Except as provided for in paragraph (b) of this section, no person who holds a medical certificate issued under part 67 of this chapter may act as pilot in command, or in any other capacity as a required pilot flight crewmember, while that person:
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            (1) Knows or has reason to know of any medical condition that would 
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            make the person unable to meet the requirements for the medical certificate necessary for the pilot operation; or
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        <P>(2) Is taking medication or receiving other treatment for a medical condition that results in the person being unable to meet the requirements for the medical certificate necessary for the pilot operation.</P>
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            (b) 
            <E T="03">Operations that do not require a medical certificate.</E>
             For operations provided for in § 61.23(b) of this part, a person shall not act as pilot in command, or in any other capacity as a required pilot flight crewmember, while that person knows or has reason to know of any medical condition that would make the person unable to operate the aircraft in a safe manner.
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            (c) 
            <E T="03">Operations requiring a medical certificate or a U.S. driver's license.</E>
             For operations provided for in § 61.23(c), a person must meet the provisions of—
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        <P>(1) Paragraph (a) of this section if that person holds a medical certificate issued under part 67 of this chapter and does not hold a U.S. driver's license.</P>
        <P>(2) Paragraph (b) of this section if that person holds a U.S. driver's license.</P>
        <CITA>[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 61-110, 69 FR 44866, July 27, 2004; Amdt. 61-124, 74 FR 42550, Aug. 21, 2009]</CITA>
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