List of illnesses and disabilities incompatible with the practice of motor sport or requiring a medical assessment by a specific body
EXTRACT FROM APPENDIX L TO THE FIA INTERNATIONAL SPORTING CODE
CHAPTER II - REGULATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION
OF DRIVERS
Art. 1 Annual medical visit for aptitude
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1.5 List of illnesses and disabilities incompatible with the
practice of motor sport or requiring a medical assessment
by a specific body
1.5.1 Absolutely excluded
- epilepsy, under treatment or not, with clinical manifestations
confirmed during the 10 previous years,
- any cardiovascular problem with risk of sudden death,
- blindness in one eye for less than 5 years.
In cases of blindness in one eye for more than 5 years, the FIA
Medical Commission alone may consider an application, based
on the results of the eye test described in Article 1.3.
In addition, for every problem arising from one of the exclusions
mentioned above, the FIA Medical Commission may, if it so
desires, and for each dossier submitted, seek the opinion of a
committee of experts.
1.5.2 Conditions incompatible for the granting of a standard
licence that do, however, permit an application for a Special
Abilities Licence
(see Chapter I, Article 10 of the present appendix)
- all limitations of the articulations, amputations and prosthetic
limbs which do not satisfy the criteria defi ned in Article 1.4
- major central or peripheral sensor-motor malfunction
(monoplegia, hemiplegia, paraplegia, etc.)
1.5.3 Illnesses or disabilities requiring a medical assessment by a
body approved by the ASN (Medical Commission, or in its
absence, a doctor approved by the ASN):
- diabetes being treated with insulin or sulfonylureas, on
condition that a confidential document proving the regular
supervision of the party concerned and indicating the nature of
his treatment is submitted to the medical body approved by the
ASN and that the medical certificate of aptitude (see Article 1.8)
bears the wording ‘‘medical supervision necessary’’;
- any abnormal cardiac or arterial condition;
- all psychological conditions liable to lead to behavioural
problems and requiring psychiatric treatment;
- any health problem that might result in harmful or detrimental
consequences whilst taking part in motor sport.
Published on 9 July 2010
Link to Full Appendix L:
http://argenhttp://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/872B023ADABB4334C1257920004CB039/$FILE/11.10.05_Annexe%20L_%202011.pdf
Link to WADA Prohibited List:
http://www.wada-ama.org/en/World-Anti-Doping-Program/Sports-and-Anti-Doping-Organizations/International-Standards/Prohibited-List/