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[CITE: 46USC7103]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
            CHAPTER 71--LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY
 
Sec. 7103. Licenses for radio officers

    (a) A license as radio officer may be issued only to an applicant 
who has a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph operator license 
issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
    (b) Except as provided in section 7318 of this title, this part does 
not affect the status of radiotelegraph operators serving on board 
vessels operating only on the Great Lakes.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 540.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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7103..............................  46:229a
                                    46:229b
                                    46:229g
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    Section 7103 requires an applicant for a license as a radio officer 
to have, as a prerequisite, a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph 
operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). 
It also excepts radiotelegraph operators that are engaged on Great Lakes 
vessels from the requirement of having to obtain a radio officer's 
license.
