Big changes to MSA licences - Medicals
Discussion
Hooray!
Licence renewal came through today. While the Nat B has gone up in price (to £99) and changed name to ‘Race Inter Club (UK only)’, there is now NO requirement for a medical if you are between 45 and 59, only a 3 yearly eye test.
If you’re over 60, you only need a medical at 60, 65, 70, 72, 74 and annually over 74. Saves about £100 per annum and a lot of hassle. Also for previously declared medical conditions you can now write an explanation rather than having to get a doctors letter (which in my case [history of depression] is usually a terse note from my doctor saying ‘he’s perfectly ok why do you need this’).
P.S. Unclear how ‘U.K. only’ will apply for races at Spa run by U.K. clubs, I used to have an international historic which covered this, however that seems to have disappeared.
Licence renewal came through today. While the Nat B has gone up in price (to £99) and changed name to ‘Race Inter Club (UK only)’, there is now NO requirement for a medical if you are between 45 and 59, only a 3 yearly eye test.
If you’re over 60, you only need a medical at 60, 65, 70, 72, 74 and annually over 74. Saves about £100 per annum and a lot of hassle. Also for previously declared medical conditions you can now write an explanation rather than having to get a doctors letter (which in my case [history of depression] is usually a terse note from my doctor saying ‘he’s perfectly ok why do you need this’).
P.S. Unclear how ‘U.K. only’ will apply for races at Spa run by U.K. clubs, I used to have an international historic which covered this, however that seems to have disappeared.
alfapork said:
Did Nat B ever allow you to run outside of the UK?
As a UK licence holder, to race at Spa (or anywhere else outside UK) you need a Nat A or above.
Yes, my apologies (man apologises on internet shock), you’re right. I didn’t have a Nat A, I had an international historic, from distant memory the only reason I went that way was the licence was cheaper!As a UK licence holder, to race at Spa (or anywhere else outside UK) you need a Nat A or above.
ginettajoe said:
ChevronB19 said:
Hooray!
Licence renewal came through today. While the Nat B has gone up in price (to £99) and changed name to ‘Race Inter Club (UK only)’, there is now NO requirement for a medical if you are between 45 and 59, only a 3 yearly eye test.
If you’re over 60, you only need a medical at 60, 65, 70, 72, 74 and annually over 74. Saves about £100 per annum and a lot of hassle. Also for previously declared medical conditions you can now write an explanation rather than having to get a doctors letter (which in my case [history of depression] is usually a terse note from my doctor saying ‘he’s perfectly ok why do you need this’).
P.S. Unclear how ‘U.K. only’ will apply for races at Spa run by U.K. clubs, I used to have an international historic which covered this, however that seems to have disappeared.
So who carries out the eye test, how thorough is it, and that would obviously govern whether there was a cost? The eye test included in the previous medical only determined how many of the characters on the wall chart you could read!!Licence renewal came through today. While the Nat B has gone up in price (to £99) and changed name to ‘Race Inter Club (UK only)’, there is now NO requirement for a medical if you are between 45 and 59, only a 3 yearly eye test.
If you’re over 60, you only need a medical at 60, 65, 70, 72, 74 and annually over 74. Saves about £100 per annum and a lot of hassle. Also for previously declared medical conditions you can now write an explanation rather than having to get a doctors letter (which in my case [history of depression] is usually a terse note from my doctor saying ‘he’s perfectly ok why do you need this’).
P.S. Unclear how ‘U.K. only’ will apply for races at Spa run by U.K. clubs, I used to have an international historic which covered this, however that seems to have disappeared.
10% off at Halfords, protyre etc as well.
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