§44507 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Civil Aeromedical Institute may do civil aeromedical research and related work. It can study seven main areas: how to protect and help people survive crashes; medical investigation of accidents and airman medical checks; how poisons and drugs affect people's performance; how disease and disability affect performance; vision and how it ties to performance and equipment design; how people who fly, control, fix, and inspect aircraft and air traffic systems do their jobs; and ways to improve the agency workforce, like training, equipment design, cutting errors, and finding tasks to automate. The Institute can also tell the FAA Administrator what it thinks about human factors in proposed safety rules, training, equipment needs, standards, and procedures. It may help and represent the FAA on joint human-factors projects with NASA, other U.S. agencies, industry, and foreign governments. It can give medical advice about certifying airmen.

Title 49, §44507

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The Civil Aeromedical Institute established by section 106(j) of this title may—

(1)conduct civil aeromedical research, including research related to—

(A)the protection and survival of aircraft occupants;

(B)medical accident investigation and airman medical certification;

(C)toxicology and the effects of drugs on human performance;

(D)the impact of disease and disability on human performance;

(E)vision and its relationship to human performance and equipment design;

(F)human factors of flight crews, air traffic controllers, mechanics, inspectors, airway facility technicians, and other individuals involved in operating and maintaining aircraft and air traffic control equipment; and

(G)agency work force optimization, including training, equipment design, reduction of errors, and identification of candidate tasks for automation;

(2)make comments to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration on human factors aspects of proposed air safety regulations;

(3)make comments to the Administrator on human factors aspects of proposed training programs, equipment requirements, standards, and procedures for aviation personnel;

(4)advise, assist, and represent the Federal Aviation Administration in the human factors aspects of joint projects between the Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States Government, industry, and governments of foreign countries; and

(5)provide medical consultation services to the Administrator about medical certification of airmen.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4450749 App.:1353(e).Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 312(e); added Nov. 3, 1988, Pub. L. 100–591, § 5(b), 102 Stat. 3013. In clause (4), the words “departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States Government” are substituted for “Government agencies” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–63 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “Civil Aeromedical Institute” at beginning of section and struck out subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (b) read as follows: “The Secretary of Transportation shall define the roles and responsibilities of the William J. Hughes Technical Center in a manner that is consistent with the defined roles and responsibilities of the Civil Aeromedical Institute under subsection (a).” See section 106(h) of this title. 2018—Pub. L. 115–254 substituted “Regions and centers” for “Civil aeromedical research” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

§44507 Regions and Centers