{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-67.409","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 67.409","heading":"Denial of medical certificate.","body":"(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does not ask for reconsideration during the 30-day period after the date of the denial, he or she is considered to have withdrawn the application for a medical certificate.\n(b) The denial of a medical certificate—\n(1) By an aviation medical examiner is not a denial by the Administrator under 49 U.S.C. 44703.\n(2) By the Federal Air Surgeon is considered to be a denial by the Administrator under 49 U.S.C. 44703.\n(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 except where the person does not meet the standards of §§ 67.107(b)(3) and (c), 67.109(b), or 67.113(b) and (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).\n(c) Any action taken under § 67.407(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) of this section.\n(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.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER D—AIRMEN","PART 67—MEDICAL STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION","Subpart E—Certification Procedures"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-14.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:20Z","sha256":"901c3d77c81b6d389959724e592381ac00a72344026f603010cc8399ed93999a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-67.407","next":"us/14-cfr-67.411"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}