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It has to be issued by an approved Aeromedical Examiner. Its cost depends on the pilot's medical history but it can be estimated to at least / around £150.<ref group="todo" name="experience">Any experience?</ref>
Its validity period is 60 months until the license holder reaches the age of 40 (- 24 months if the license holder is between 40 and 50; and 12 months if they have reached the age of 50).
The Class 2 Medical is normally required for private flying.
The particular national circumstances also have to be taken into consideration:
On the one hand, Part-MED - insofar applicable - only stipulates the minimum medical requirements within the EEA. Member States principally might impose even more confined restrictions, though. For example, in Germany, LuftPersV § 16<ref>[https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/luftpersv/__16.html Verordnung über Luftfahrtpersonal (LuftPersV) § 16 Voraussetzungen für die Ausbildung]</ref> paragraph (2) no 2 makes it necessary to hold the Part-MED Medical even at the beginning of the flight training (also for sailplanes/gliders) - even though MED.A.030 (a) only makes it holding the relevant medical a requirement to hold a medical for the first solo flight. So, all flights within Germany - before such a medical is held - can only be passenger flights. Consequently, to not be caught off guard, the relevant national requirements should be reviewed before flight training in another country is planned and conducted.
Due to UK CAA General Exemption E 4825, on the other hand, up until April 2020 no Part-FCL license needs to be held to fly sailplanes. Respectively, no training towards a Part-FCL for flying gliders is necessary - which renders Part-MED not applicable for all BGA training whose (immediate, direct) purpose is not the grant of a Part-FCL license.<ref group="todo">National Regulations? probably not for gliders in the UK... have to look into ANO.</ref> Though, nonetheless, for flying within BGA clubs, obviously BGA requirements needs to be adhered to, too.
* (Air Cadet gliding medical certificate or NATO military aircrew employment standard)
Currently, the bold options are the most commonly used evidences accepted for medical gliding fitness within BGA clubs. Below the age of 25, a self-declaration declarations simply sufficessuffice. From the age of 25, people usually hold a UK/EU driving licenselicenses. Otherwise, the least complicated option is probably to visit and ask their GP for the NPPL Medical/ Medical Declaration.
Qualified pilots who exercise their Part-FCL licence privileges necessarily have to hold the relevant and valid EASA Part-MED Medical for the privileges in question.
