---
title: "MED.A.030 Medical certificates — Part-MED · Avioverse"
description: "A student pilot shall not fly solo unless that student pilot holds a medical certificate, as required for the relevant licence."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-med/subpart-a/med-a-030"
---

# MED.A.030 Medical certificates

ANNEX IV (Part-MED) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

IR Implementing rule

## MED.A.030 Medical certificates

(a) A student pilot shall not fly solo unless that student pilot holds a medical certificate, as required for the relevant licence.

(b) An [applicant](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/applicant) for a licence, in accordance with Annex I (Part-FCL), shall hold a medical certificate issued in accordance with this Annex (Part-MED) and appropriate to the licence privileges applied for.

(c) When exercising the privileges of a:

(1) light [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) pilot licence (LAPL), a [balloon](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/balloon) pilot licence (BPL) issued in accordance with Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Commission Regulation (EU 2018/395, or a [sailplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/sailplane) pilot licence (SPL) issued in accordance with Annex III (Part-SFCL) to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976, the pilot shall hold at least a valid LAPL medical certificate;

(2) [private pilot](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/private-pilot) licence (PPL), the pilot shall hold at least a valid class 2 medical certificate;

\[applicable until 17 February 2026 - Regulation (EU) 2024/2076]

(2) private pilot licence (PPL) or [gyroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/gyroplane) pilot licence (GPL), the pilot shall hold at least a valid class 2 medical certificate;

\[applicable from 18 February 2026 - Regulation (EU) 2025/134]

(3) BPL for the purpose of:

(i) commercial passenger ballooning, the pilot shall hold at least a valid class 2 medical certificate;

(ii) commercial operation other than commercial passenger ballooning, with more than 4 persons on board the aircraft, the pilot shall hold at least a valid class 2 medical certificate;

(4) SPL for the purpose of commercial sailplane operations other than those specified in Article 3(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976, the pilot shall hold at least a valid class 2 medical certificate;

(5) a commercial pilot licence (CPL), a multi-crew pilot licence (MPL) or an airline transport pilot licence (ATPL), the pilot shall hold a valid class 1 medical certificate.

(d) If a [night](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/night) rating is added to a PPL or LAPL, the licence holder shall be [colour safe](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/colour-safe).

(e) If an instrument rating or basic instrument rating is added to a PPL, the licence holder shall undergo pure tone audiometry examinations in accordance with the periodicity and the standard required for class 1 medical certificate holders.

(f) A licence holder shall not at any time hold more than one medical certificate issued in accordance with this Annex (Part-MED).

IR · MED.A.030 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) 2025/134 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 MED.A.030 Medical certificates

(a) A class 1 medical certificate includes the privileges and validities of class 2 and LAPL medical certificates.

(b) A class 2 medical certificate includes the privileges and validities of a LAPL medical certificate.

AMC · AMC1 MED.A.030 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2019/002/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

[All rules in SUBPART A – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-med/subpart-a)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 25 Nov 2025, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.