DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING Any effect or side-effect of any prescribed or non-
prescribed therapeutic or preventative medication taken; such as would entail a degree of functional incapacity which is likely to interfere with the safe operation of an aircraft or with the safe performance of duties. 6.1.3 In accordance with 5.4.2.2. (Class 1 Medical Assessment for the applicants or for holders of commercial pilot licenses, airline transport pilot licenses, flight navigator and flight engineer licenses), 5.5.2.2 (Class 2 Medical Assessment for private pilot licenses and glider and free balloon pilot licenses), 5.6.2.2. Class 3 (Medical Assessment for air traffic controller licenses) and 5.7.2.2, the applicant shall not have an “established medical history or clinical diagnosis of Alcoholism, drug dependence, such as might render the applicant unable to safely exercise the privileges of the license applied for or held. The applicant shall have no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of any of the following: b) A mental of behavioral disorder due to use of a psychoactive substances; this includes dependence syndrome induced by alcohol or other psychoactive substances; 6.1.4 In accordance with 1.10, Drug screening is mandatory as part of medical assessment for all classes. 1.10.1 Any license holder shall not exercise the privileges of their license and related rating while under the influence of any psychoactive substance which might render them unable to safely and properly exercise these privileges. 1.10.2 Any license holder shall not engage in any
problematic use of substances. The GCAA requires that a drug screening test shall be conducted as part of the medical assessment for the initial issue of all GCAA licenses and as otherwise required by the GCAA. 6.2.1 Screening Test - The screening shall consist of a
urine sample taken by a UAE Aeromedical Examiner and analyzed by a recognized laboratory for amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cannabis, opiates and other psychoactive substances. 6.2.2 Testing For Psychoactive Substances - A holder of a
GCAA licence [license] shall submit to a test to indicate the use of psychoactive substances and/or alcohol in the blood as part of a GCAA authorized screening programme [program]. That person, upon request by an authorized GCAA representative, shall furnish the GCAA, or authorize any clinic, hospital, doctor, or other person to release to the GCAA, the results of each test taken. Refusal to submit to drug or alcohol test is grounds for immediate suspension of that person’s licence [license]. 6.2.3 Test Information - Any test information obtained by
the GCAA under paragraph 1.10.3 above may be evaluated in determining a person’s qualifications for any GCAA licence [license] or possible violations of this Chapter and may be used as the basis for suspension or sanctions against that licence [license] as well as used as evidence in any legal proceeding.
Civil Aviation Regulation covers this subject in article 24,
paragraph 7 which states: No person shall pilot an aircraft or act as a member of its flight crew while drunk or under the influence of a narcotic drug or any other substance which may impair his capacity to effectively perform his duties. In all circumstances, he shall not use any such substances while on Duty. Note: The GCAA will not license any individual with a medical history or clinical diagnosis of alcoholism and/or drug dependence and is not medically qualified to hold a flight crew, cabin crew or air traffic control license. Testing for psychoactive substances under GCAA CAR
Part includes: 1.6.1 Testing For Psychoactive Substances A crew member shall submit to a test to indicate the use of psychoactive substances and/or alcohol in the blood when the GCAA has a reasonable basis to believe that a person may have violated the provisions of CAR-Ops 1.085 (e) or 3.055 or as part of a GCAA authorized screening programme [program]. That person shall, upon request by the GCAA, furnish the GCAA, or authorize[authorize] any clinic, hospital, doctor, or other person to release to the GCAA, the results of each test taken. Refusal to submit to a drug or alcohol test is grounds for immediate suspension of that person’s licence [license]. 1.6.2 Test Information Any test information obtained by the GCAA under
Paragraph 1.6.1 above may be evaluated in determining a person’s qualifications for any pilot or flight engineer licence [license] or possible violations of this Chapter and may be used as the basis for suspension or sanctions against that licence [license] as well as evidence in any legal proceeding.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY)
Authority regulations in regards to psychoactive substances are as follows under CAR 1.21.15: (a) Any person who performs any function requiring a license, rating, qualification, or authorization prescribed by these regulations direct or by contract for a certificate holder under the provisions of these regulations may be tested for usage of psychoactive substances.
(b) Chemicals considered psychoactive substances are listed in IS 1.2.1.15(a).
(c) Any person subject to these regulations who refuses to submit to a test to indicate the percentage by weight of alcohol in the blood, when requested by a law enforcement officer or the Authority, or refuses to furnish or to authorize the release of the test results request by the Authority may: (1) Be denied any license, certificate, rating, qualification, or authorization issued under these
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