CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 67.025 Application for appointment as DAME or DAO

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 67.025

  (1)   A medical practitioner may apply to CASA for appointment as a DAME or DAO for the purposes of this Part.

Note 1:   An application must be in the approved form, include all the information required by these Regulations and be accompanied by every document required by these Regulations--see regulation   11.030.

Note 2:   Part   11 deals with applications and decision making.

  (2)   An application must be in writing and must be accompanied by copies of the following documents:

  (a)   the certificate of the applicant's registration as a medical practitioner in the State or Territory of Australia, or the Contracting State, in which he or she proposes to function as a DAME or DAO;

  (b)   if the applicant is applying for appointment as a DAME--either:

  (i)   a certificate as to his or her successful completion of a course in aviation medicine approved by CASA; or

  (ii)   documents that are evidence of his or her demonstrated competence in aviation medicine;

  (c)   if the applicant is applying for appointment as a DAO--documents that are evidence that:

  (i)   he or she is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists or has postgraduate qualifications in ophthalmology entitling him or her to be recognised as an ophthalmologist by the Human Services Department or by the public hospital service or public health service of a State or Territory of Australia; or

  (ii)   if the applicant is practising in a country other than Australia--he or she has postgraduate qualifications in ophthalmology that are acceptable to CASA.

Note:   The documents 'Conditions of Appointment for DAMEs' and 'Conditions of Appointment for DAOs' (part of the application form for an appointment as a DAME or DAO) are available from CASA's website at:

  http://www.casa.gov.au/manuals/regulate/dame/form755.pdf.