Regulation (EU) 2024/2076
(a) Applicants shall be assessed as unfit, where they cannot demonstrate their ability to readily perceive the colours that are necessary for the safe exercise of the privileges of the licence.
(b) Examination and assessment
(1) Applicants shall be subjected to the Ishihara test for the initial issue of a medical certificate. Applicants who pass that test may be assessed as fit.
[applicable until 12 February 2025 -
Regulation (EU) 2019/27]
(1) Applicants shall be subjected to the Ishihara test for the
initial issue of a medical certificate. For class 1 medical certificate
holders involved in single-pilot HEMS operations, a colour vision assessment
shall be completed at the first revalidation or renewal examination after the
age of 60 and every year thereafter. Applicants who pass that test may be
assessed as fit.
[applicable from 13 February
2025 - Regulation (EU) 2024/2076]
(2) For a class 1 medical certificate:
(i) Applicants who do not pass the Ishihara test shall be referred to the medical assessor of the licensing authority and shall undergo further colour perception testing to establish whether they are colour safe.
(ii) Applicants shall be normal trichromats or shall be colour safe.
(iii) Applicants who fail further colour perception testing shall be assessed as unfit.
(3) For a class 2 medical certificate:
(i) Applicants who do not pass the Ishihara test shall undergo further colour perception testing to establish whether they are colour safe.
(ii) Applicants who do not have satisfactory perception of colours shall be limited to exercising the privileges of the applicable licence in daytime only.
Pilot medical certification requires adequate color vision for safe license privileges. Initial assessment involves the Ishihara test. Failure necessitates further testing to determine "color safe" status. Class 1 applicants must be normal trichromats or color safe. Class 2 applicants with deficient color perception face daytime-only flight restrictions.
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