Regulatory requirements

The EASA regulations for LAPL medical certification, together with the Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) (Section 4, page 41) and AMC Amendment 1 are available on the EASA website. 

Referral to an AME

Where a GP is unable to complete an assessment or the fitness decision has to be made by an AME, the GP should provide relevant information for the applicant to take to the AME for assessment.  Most applicants who do not meet the  DVLA Group 2 medical standards should normally be referred to an AME for assessment. Those only meeting the car driving ( DVLA Group 1) standard may be assessed  by an AME for restricted certification.  A  referral form is available. 

Useful documents

• A quick guide for GPs is available outlining the relevant procedures to follow.  
• The process for medical assessment is shown in the  Guidance for UK GPs flow chart. 
• An  assessment report template is provided for GPs to keep a record of their findings.

Submission of results of assessments by GPs to the CAA

The results of assessments are submitted to the CAA by completing an online form.  

• Instructions for  completing the form are also provided, along with a  list of limitations that may be applied to the medical certificate, as necessary. 

Please ensure you read the instructions for completing the Online form prior to submission.  If the form is completed incorrectly this will produce a certificate with incorrect validity dates.

1. When you click the submit button you will receive an on-screen message containing the reference number of the application and a link to the SRG1207 Medical Certificate.
   
   
2. You will need to print and sign the certificate and have the applicant sign it too. In the 'stamp' field please apply your practice stamp and annotate it with your GMC number. 
   
   
3. You will need to give the signed certificate to the applicant and you must keep a copy of the certificate in the applicant's NHS (or military) medical records.
   
   
4. You will receive an e-mail confirming the submission of the form within a few minutes.  You do not need to reply to the e-mail, but you must click on  the link to access the medical certificate in order to print it.  Please report any fault with this service to the CAA webmaster

Guidance on using the online form with Google Chrome

The browser Chrome includes a plug-in for viewing PDF files, this is designed to give you faster browsing to this type of file.

Unfortunately, the Chrome plug-in is basic and lacks many useful features like pagination and bookmarks. It also prevents the CAA PDF form being 'submitted' on-line.

To overcome this problem in Chrome, it is possible to turn the plug-in off and use the standard Acrobat reader software to complete and submit the CAA on-line forms.

To do this, you need to have your Chrome browser open and type chrome://plugins/ into your address bar, when this has opened up options you will be able to turn off the Chrome PDF plug-in. 

When you have done this you will be able to submit the PDF form.