Validity Period of Medical Examination for Remote Pilot Certificate

In plain language

Your drone pilot medical examination is valid for one year. If you used an external document (such as a driver's license) to satisfy the medical requirement, the validity is one year or the remaining validity of that document, whichever is shorter.

Requirement as structured

The validity period of the medical examination (身体検査) for a remote pilot certificate (操縦者技能証明) shall be one year, or in cases where external medical documents are used under Article 236-47, paragraph (3), the shorter of one year or the validity period of those confirmed documents.

Original regulatory text

法第百三十二条の四十六第一項本文の国土交通省令で定める期間は、一年（第二百三十六条の四十七第三項の規定による場合にあつては、一年又は確認を受けた第二百三十六条の三十八第八項第二号に掲げる書類の有効期間のいずれか短い期間）とする。