Even if the medical is performed by your family doctor, legally he is not allowed to charge a medicare item number, and you are not allowed to claim a medicare benefit for an aviation medical. Whether they and you do or not is another matter.
Dave Long "From: "Peter Stephenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "**CGC List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I want the new licence, except the medicals should be performed by your >family doctor and not a Designated Aviation Medical Officer at $80+ a time. -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
