This renewal does not require a new medical exam, but it DOES require you to re-take the BasicMed course. Follow the steps below.
IMPORTANT: If you do not have your CMEC and/or completion certificate, even between renewals, YOU ARE NOT LEGAL TO FLY under BasicMed. You need them available upon FAA request.
Note, if you have completed a new CMEC exam, you must retake the online course so that you can have your updated CMEC information sent to the FAA by filling out the personal and medical information after passing the quiz.
Remember that you need to self-certify with each renewal. You can use the AOPA BasicMed Eligibility Tool to help confirm your eligibility. Remember that ANY new medical events that pertain to certain cardiac, neurological, or mental health conditions will require a new special issuance from the FAA, even if you already have a special issuance for a different condition or event.
With this renewal, you will need your most recent FAA Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist (CMEC). This will most likely be from your previous BasicMed exam 24 months ago. You will submit the exam information digitally again via the form after you pass the quiz and it will be sent to the FAA digitally as part of this renewal.
Be aware, you should not be tempted to enter temporary or placeholder information in the post-course CMEC form to just download your completion while you look for your CMEC. Only enter actual data from your most recent BasicMed exam preformed by a license state physician. Any information that you enter in the online form is sent directly to the FAA and is associated with your airmen record.
Under the Federal Aviation Regulations, anyone who makes an intentionally false statement on the CMEC may face FAA legal enforcement action, such as revocation of their FAA certificates as well as other serious penalties.
Step 2: Take Online CourseWith your FAA CMEC, including the information from your state-licensed physician, take the online course and pass the quiz. Remember to that to take the course, you’ll had to create a BasicMed specific online account to complete the course.
Remember the course login is not any existing accounts you may hold for AOPA.org, it is specific top the BasicMed course.
You must complete the post-course form (the form you fill out after you complete the quiz, where you enter your personal and doctor/exam information, from the CMEC you located in Step 1) to the FAA to earn your BasicMed completion certificate.
Submission of this online form sends your information to the FAA digitally. Nothing to mail to AOPA or the FAA.
Once you’ve completed the course, download your course completion certificate and keep it with your completed CMEC in your logbook or electronically. You need to have it available upon request from FAA.
Step 4: Mark your CalendarsMark your calendars 24 months from your course completion date, and 48 months from your most recent CMEC completion date, to remind yourself that you will need to renew and/or requalify at those points in time. After 48 months from your CMEC exam, you will need to see your doctor before you retake the course. You can also find these dates in the FAA’s Airman Registry if you forget.
Remember that both your CMEC and BasicMed course must remain current. If there is a lapse in either, you are not legal to fly and must ground yourself until they are current again. We recommend completing both your CMEC and course completion in the same month for easier renewals.
IMPORTANT: If you do not have your most recent CMEC and completion certificate, even between renewals, YOU ARE NOT LEGAL TO FLY under BasicMed. You need them available upon FAA request.
Make sure you have a current valid driver's license, valid flight review, and you are ready to fly!
Call AOPA's Pilot Information Center at (888) 462-3976), Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST, or email [email protected].
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