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A student I know was denied their Canadian Medical Certificate because
they were in an alcohol / drug treatment program. They have to appeal
before some kind of tribunal. Anyone familiar with this process?


Can you clarify: "were in the program" at the time of application for
medical? OR: "were in the program" previously and were no longer in the
program at the time of application???

They had successfully completed the program and obtained and presented the
documentation stating this. I think that they completed the program a few
months before applying. Maybe there's some sort of waiting period they
like to see.



The Canadian "medical examiner's guidelines" are on-line at
http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Cam/guide.htm

....and in PDF format:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/publications/EN/...R/TP13312E.pdf

The following link has the addresses and phone numbers for the Regional
Aviation Medical Officers. I would think that a call to the appropriate
regional office will get you the info about appeal procedures.
http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Cam/offices.htm

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Alcohol is only mentioned 6 times in the entire handbook, mostly in the
context of its effects... contributing to hypoxia, etc... and not as a
"condition".

Some conditions, such as the heart, merit several chapters. "Substance
abuse" gets the following paragraph in the "Other Policies" section:

Substance Abuse / Dependence:

Disqualifying.

Once "recovering", an individual assessment to assess risk of relapse.
Restricted
category may be recommended. Continued abstinence is the key to medical
recertification.

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So I guess the fight will be to define "Continued abstinence". In the
handbook, there does not appear to be any firm definition of the required
length of time.