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Medical certificates: class, expiration, privileges, temporary disqualifications, and o...
Medical certificates: class, expiration, privileges, temporary disqualifications, and operations under BasicMed.
Bottom line
BasicMed privileges apply to pilots exercising student, recreational, and private pilot privileges when acting as PIC or serving as a required flightcrew member, and to flight instructors acting as PIC or as a required flightcrew member. BasicMed does not apply to pilots exercising Commercial Pilot Certificate or Airline Transport Pilot Certificate privileges.
Key numbers
| Number | What it means |
|---|---|
| up to 120 days (temporary pilot, flight instructor, or ground instructor certificate or rating) | Temporary cert |
| 24 calendar months (flight instructor certificate issued before December 1, 2024, from month issued, renewed, or reinstated) | Old CFI cert |
| up to 6 occupants total, up to 5 passengers (covered aircraft, including required flightcrew members in the occupant count) | BasicMed occupants |
| after July 14, 2006 (must hold or have held a valid part 67 medical certificate at some point after this date) | BasicMed medical |
FAA references
- AC 68-1, paras. 4.1.2, 4.2, 4.3.1 — AC No: 68-1A
- 14 CFR 61.17 (Temporary certificate.) — eCFR current as of 2026-03-05
- 14 CFR 61.19 (Duration of pilot and instructor certificates and privileges.) — eCFR current as of 2026-03-05
- AC 68-1, paras. 5.2.1, 5.2.2.2, 5.2.3 — AC No: 68-1A
- 14 CFR 61.3 (Requirement for certificates, ratings, privileges, and authorizations.) — eCFR current as of 2026-03-05
- 14 CFR 68.5 (Comprehensive medical examination.) — eCFR current as of 2026-10-01
- 14 CFR 68.3 (Medical education course requirements.) — eCFR current as of 2026-10-01
- 14 CFR 68.7 (Comprehensive medical examination checklist.) — eCFR current as of 2026-10-01
- 14 CFR 61.113(i); 14 CFR 61.23(a)(3) and (c); 14 CFR 91.109(c) — Current eCFR checked 2026-11-06
- 14 CFR 61.315(c)(5); 14 CFR 61.329 — Current eCFR checked 2026-11-06
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