You are given a window of 45 days before the expiry of your current Flight Crew Licence (FCL) and Air Traffic Controller Licence (ATCL) to initiate your Medical Assessment to ensure it will be processed and issued on time for the licence renewal.

If you undergo your medical examination earlier than 45 days before the expiry of your current FCL or ATCL, the validity of your new Medical Assessment will begin on the month preceding the current expiry.

If you undergo your medical examination after the expiry of the current FCL or ATCL, the validity period of your new Medical Assessment will begin on the date when the examination is conducted.

You will receive a medical clearance letter from CAMB in your ELMeRS account under the “Documents” tab in your Profile section, which could also state any restrictions or provisos that are imposed with the new Medical Assessment status.

No, CAAS does not levy an additional fee for processing the Aeromedical Review. However, your DME would charge a professional fee for conducting the Aeromedical Review for you.

You will be required to visit a DME for an Aeromedical Review to be conducted. With the relevant submitted medical records and medical examination, the DME can then submit a recommendation to CAMB for an assessment.

You should report your DMF status as soon as possible and prior to undergoing any medical treatment. To report DMF, log in to your ELMeRS account and go to “Notification of Decrease in Medical Fitness”. You will receive an acknowledgement letter which will include instructions not to exercise the privileges of your CAAS licence, as well as the reinstatement process.

You should visit your DME for a consultation as the DME will be able to advise you accordingly. Meanwhile, you should not exercise the privileges of your licence until you have clarified your doubts with your DME.

A CAAS licence holder who knows or has reason to believe that his/ her physical condition renders him/her temporarily unfit to perform any of the functions to which his/her licence relates as spelt out in Para 20(7) or Para 62(E) of the Air Navigation Order, will need to report DMF to CAAS.

You can monitor your application for a Medical Assessment on the dashboard of your ELMeRS account, under the “Progress Tracker” section.

No, the CAAS does not levy an additional fee for processing the Aeromedical Review.  However, your DME would be charging a professional fee for conducting the aeromedical review submission for you.

The reimbursement will depend on the policy of your prospective/current employer.

Yes, the fee for medical evaluation is refundable if the CAAS has not received your medical examination report from the DME for processing and evaluation.

Yes. A softcopy receipt will be generated for you by ELMeRS upon the successful payment of the fee for medical evaluation made online during the application process.  You can find a copy of the receipt in the “Documents” tab within your Profile section in ELMeRS.

The fee for medical evaluation paid to the CAAS does not cover the professional and investigation fees charged by the DME.  The DME has to collect his/her professional fee as well as any investigation fees from the applicant directly.The DME's fees and prices are not determined by the CAAS.

Any Medical Report that is submitted to CAAS forms the legal evidence on which your Medical Assessment is determined. Hence, the CAAS will not accept reports that are lacking in pertinent information for the Medical Assessment. Do communicate the following guidelines to your treating physician to ensure that the report adheres to them:

• If a current/latest medical/investigation report is required, it has to be dated within 90 days prior to submission. Older reports can be submitted for the purpose of providing historical information about your condition.

• Handwritten reports are acceptable only if they are legible and contains proofs of authenticity, e.g. clinic stamp, physician stamp, physician MCR number, clinic address, etc.

• The medical report is to contain adequate details on the following:

  • Comprehensive information (clinical and investigations) during presentation of condition, subsequent progress and trend, and latest status of the medical condition.

  • The treatment and/or surgical procedures administered for the condition

  • Current medications, therapy and follow up plan.

  • Comments on prognosis or risk of incapacitating events due to the primary condition

• The medical report is not to contain any opinion of your aeromedical fitness unless the treating physician is accredited as an Aviation Medicine Physician in the Specialist Registry of the Ministry of Health.

The medical questionnaire in the application for the Medical Assessment process is named the Health Event Declaration (HED). If you are uncertain about any part of the HED, please answer them to the best of your knowledge to complete your online application. Your DME will review your answers with you as part of the Licensing Medical Examination (LME) process. Please do take that chance to clarify any doubts and seek your DME's guidance before he/she confirms the information declared in the HED for your signing as a legal declaration.