---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 67.409"
title: "14"
number: "67.409"
heading: "Denial of medical certificate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/67.409"
---

# §67.409. Denial of medical certificate.

- (a) Any person who is denied a medical certificate by an aviation medical examiner may, within 30 days after the date of the denial, apply in writing to the Federal Air Surgeon, Attention: Manager, Aeromedical Certification Division, AAM-300, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 25082, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73126, for reconsideration of that denial. If the person does not ask for reconsideration during the 30-day period after the date of the denial, he or she is considered to have withdrawn the application for a medical certificate.
- (b) **The denial of a medical certificate—**
  - (1) By an aviation medical examiner is not a denial by the Administrator under [49 U.S.C. 44703](/usc/49/44703.md).
  - (2) By the Federal Air Surgeon is considered to be a denial by the Administrator under [49 U.S.C. 44703](/usc/49/44703.md).
  - (3) By the Manager, Aeromedical Certification Division, or a Regional Flight Surgeon is considered to be a denial by the Administrator under [49 U.S.C. 44703](/usc/49/44703.md) except where the person does not meet the standards of §§ [67.107(b)(3)](/cfr/14/67.107.md?p=b-3) and [(c)](/cfr/14/67.107.md?p=b-c), [67.109(b)](/cfr/14/67.109.md?p=b), or [67.113(b)](/cfr/14/67.113.md?p=b) and [(c)](/cfr/14/67.113.md?p=c); 67.207(b)(3) and (c), 67.209(b), or 67.213(b) and (c); or 67.307(b)(3) and (c), 67.309(b), or 67.313(b) and (c).
- (c) Any action taken under [§ 67.407(c)](/cfr/14/67.407.md?p=c) that wholly or partly reverses the issue of a medical certificate by an aviation medical examiner is the denial of a medical certificate under [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (d) If the issue of a medical certificate is wholly or partly reversed by the Federal Air Surgeon; the Manager, Aeromedical Certification Division; or a Regional Flight Surgeon, the person holding that certificate shall surrender it, upon request of the FAA.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 27940, 61 FR 11256, Mar. 19, 1996, as amended by Docket FAA-2022-1355, Amdt. 67-22, 87 FR 75845, Dec. 9, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 45102-45103, 45301-45303.

### Source

Source: Docket 27940, 61 FR 11256, Mar. 19, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 27940, 61 FR 11256, Mar. 19, 1996, as amended by Docket FAA-2022-1355, Amdt. 67-22, 87 FR 75845, Dec. 9, 2022]