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.
section 7318 of this title Except as provided in , this part does not affect the status of radiotelegraph operators serving on board vessels operating only on the Great Lakes.
Pub. L. 98–8997 Stat. 540(, , .)
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7103 | 46:229a 46:229b 46:229g |
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.