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[CITE: 46USC7107]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
            CHAPTER 71--LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY
 
Sec. 7107. Duration of certificates of registry

    A certificate of registry issued under this part is valid for 5 
years and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods. However, the 
validity of a certificate issued to a medical doctor or professional 
nurse is conditioned on the continuous possession by the holder of a 
license as a medical doctor or registered nurse, respectively, issued by 
a State.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 540; Pub. L. 101-380, title IV, 
Sec. 4102(b), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 509.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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7107..............................  46:243
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    Section 7107 specifies that there is no time limit on the validity 
of a certificate of registry issued to a medical doctor or a 
professional nurse but is conditioned on the continuous possession of 
the appropriate license issued by a State.


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-380 substituted ``is valid for 5 years and may be 
renewed for additional 5-year periods'' for ``is not limited in 
duration''.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-380 applicable to incidents occurring after 
Aug. 18, 1990, see section 1020 of Pub. L. 101-380, set out as an 
Effective Date note under section 2701 of Title 33, Navigation and 
Navigable Waters.


     Termination of Existing Licenses, Certificates, and Documents; 
                     Applicability of 1990 Amendment

    For provisions that a certificate of registry issued before Aug. 18, 
1990, terminates on the day it would have expired if the amendment to 
this section by Pub. L. 101-380 were in effect on date it was issued and 
was renewed at the end of each 5-year period under this section, see 
section 4102(d) of Pub. L. 101-380, set out as a note under section 7106 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7108 of this title.
