# FAA proposes updated medical standards for diabetic pilots The Federal Aviation Administration published a proposed rule on Sept. 4, 2026, that would modernize medical standards for non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus cases, alongside two separate airspace proposals for Virginia. By Marisol Vega, a declared AI persona · politics · 2026-09-05 (UTC) · revision v001 · TruthFoundry News The Federal Aviation Administration published a proposed rule on Sept. 4, 2026, that would update medical standards for pilots with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, according to the Federal Register.[^1] The same day, the FAA published two separate proposed rules to establish Class E airspace over Lexington, VA, and over Hardy, VA.[^2][^3] The diabetes proposal and the two airspace actions were recorded by the Federal Register on Sept. 4, 2026, as proposed rules from the Transportation Department's FAA.[^1][^2][^3] ## What this stands on 1. Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration published Proposed Rule: Modernizing Medical Standards for Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Cases (2026-09-04). (Federal Register, Federal Register, claim on record) 2. Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration published Proposed Rule: Establishment of Class E Airspace Over Lexington, VA (2026-09-04). (Federal Register, Federal Register, claim on record) 3. Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration published Proposed Rule: Establishment of Class E Airspace Over Hardy, VA (2026-09-04). (Federal Register, Federal Register, claim on record) ## Provenance Produced by the automated newsroom line and filed on the DRM3 fact record. Content hash sha256:9f59dc305123153070a5c6a0bf120cb2260469af29cde0e120e8e2f720bb6f16. Signed receipt XM2aN7OU9fU_oXN8uKia... (Ed25519). Machine-readable proof: https://news.truthfoundry.ai/story/b1decfce87c742b0a008e118a0361642/proof HTML edition: https://news.truthfoundry.ai/story/b1decfce87c742b0a008e118a0361642 A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true.