United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 46. SHIPPING |
SubTitle II. Vessels and Seamen |
Part E. Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents |
Chapter 71. LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY |
§ 7107. Duration of certificates of registry
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(a) In General.— A certificate of registry issued under this part is valid for a 5-year period and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods; except that 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. (b) Advance Renewals.— A renewed certificate of registry issued under this part may be issued up to 8 months in advance but is not effective until the date that the previously issued certificate of registry expires or until the completion of any active suspension or revocation of that previously issued merchant mariner’s document, whichever is later.
Historical And Revision
Historical and Revision Notes | |
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Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
7107 | 46:243 |
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
2010—Pub. L. 111–281 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “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.”
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 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 101–380 applicable to incidents occurring after
Miscellaneous
For provisions that a certificate of registry issued before