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[CITE: 46USC7503]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
    CHAPTER 75--GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND 
                              DOCUMENTATION
 
Sec. 7503. Dangerous drugs as grounds for denial

    [(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 101-380, title IV, Sec. 4103(a)(2)(B), Aug. 
18, 1990, 104 Stat. 511.]
    (b) A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner's 
document authorized to be issued under this part may be denied to an 
individual who--
        (1) within 10 years before applying for the license, 
    certificate, or document, has been convicted of violating a 
    dangerous drug law of the United States or of a State; or
        (2) when applying, has ever been a user of, or addicted to, a 
    dangerous drug unless the individual provides satisfactory proof 
    that the individual is cured.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 99-36, 
Sec. 1(a)(9)(D), May 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 68; Pub. L. 101-380, title IV, 
Sec. 4103(a)(2)(B), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 511.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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7503(a)...........................  46:239a(a)
                                    46:239b(a)
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    Section 7503 provides that the issuance of a license, certificate, 
or document may be denied by the Secretary to any individual who has 
been convicted, within 10 years, of violating a dangerous drug law of 
the United States or to any individual who has been a user of a 
dangerous drug, unless the individual provides satisfactory proof of 
being cured. This includes PCP and LSD. See also the note to section 
7704. However, the Secretary may deny issuing a license, certificate or 
document to the individual who has used or been convicted of a 
``controlled substance'' such as LSD if that use or conviction occurred 
before the date of enactment of this Act.


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-380 repealed subsec. (a) which 
defined ``dangerous drug'' for purpose of this section as narcotic drug, 
controlled substance, and marihuana.
    1985--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-36 substituted ``certificate of 
registry, or merchant mariner's document'' for first reference to 
``certificate, or document''.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 49 section 1133.
