Sec.  13.7   Classification of operator licenses and endorsements.

   (a) Commercial radio operator licenses issued by the FCC are classified in
   accordance with the Radio Regulations of the ITU.

   (b) There are ten types of commercial radio operator licenses, certificates
   and permits (licenses). The license's ITU classification, if different from
   its name, is given in parentheses.

   (1) First Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate.

   (2) Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate.

   (3)  Third Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate (radiotelegraph
   operator's special certificate).

   (4) General Radiotelephone Operator License (radiotelephone operator's
   general certificate).

   (5) Marine Radio Operator Permit (radiotelephone operator's restricted
   certificate).

   (6) Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit (radiotelephone operator's
   restricted certificate).

   (7) Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit-Limited Use (radiotelephone
   operator's restricted certificate).

   (8) GMDSS Radio Operator's License (general operator's certificate).

   (9)  Restricted  GMDSS Radio Operator's License (restricted operator's
   certificate).

   (10) GMDSS Radio Maintainer's License (technical portion of the first-class
   radio electronic certificate).

   (c) There are six license endorsements affixed by the FCC to provide special
   authorizations  or  restrictions.  Endorsements  may be affixed to the
   license(s) indicated in parenthesis.

   (1) Ship Radar Endorsement (First and Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's
   Certificates,  General  Radiotelephone  Operator  License, GMDSS Radio
   Maintainer's License).

   (2) Six Months Service Endorsement (First and Second Class Radiotelegraph
   Operator's License).

   (3)  Restrictive  endorsements relating to physical handicaps, English
   language or literacy waivers, or other matters (all licenses).

   (4) Marine Radio Operator Permits shall bear the following endorsement: This
   permit does not authorize the operation of AM, FM or TV broadcast stations.

   (5) General Radiotelephone Operator Licenses issued after December 31, 1985,
   shall bear the following endorsement: This license confers authority to
   operate licensed radio stations in the Aviation, Marine and International
   Fixed  Public  Radio  Services only. This authority is subject to: any
   endorsement placed upon this license; FCC orders, rules, and regulations;
   United States statutes; and the provisions of any treaties to which the
   United States is a party. This license does not confer any authority to
   operate broadcast stations. It is not assignable or transferable.

   (6)(i) If a person is afflicted with an uncorrected physical handicap which
   would clearly prevent the performance of all or any part of the duties of a
   radio  operator, under the license for which application is made, at a
   station under emergency conditions involving the safety of life or property,
   that person still may be issued the license if found qualified. Such a
   license shall bear a restrictive endorsement as follows:

   This license is not valid for the performance of any operating duties, other
   than installation, service and maintenance duties, at any station licensed
   by the FCC which is required, directly or indirectly, by any treaty, statute
   or  rule  or regulation pursuant to statute, to be provided for safety
   purposes.

   (ii)  In the case of a license that does not require an examination in
   technical radio matters, the endorsement specified in paragraph (c)(6)(i) of
   this  section  will  be  modified by deleting the reference therein to
   installation, service, and maintenance duties.

   (iii) In any case where an applicant who normally would receive or has
   received  a  commercial radio operator license bearing the endorsement
   prescribed by paragraph (c)(6)(i) of this section, indicates a desire to
   operate a station falling within the prohibited terms of the endorsement,
   the applicant may request in writing that such endorsement not be placed
   upon, or be removed from his or her license, and may submit written comments
   or statements from other parties in support thereof.

   (iv) An applicant who shows that he has performed satisfactorily the duties
   of a radio operator at a station required to be provided for safety purposes
   during  a  period when he or she was afflicted by uncorrected physical
   handicaps of the same kind and to the same degree as the physical handicaps
   shown by his or her current application shall not be deemed to be within the
   provisions of paragraph (c)(6)(i) of this section.

   (d) A Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit-Limited Use issued by the
   FCC to an aircraft pilot who is not legally eligible for employment in the
   United States is valid only for operating radio stations on aircraft.

   (e) A Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit-Limited Use issued by the
   FCC  to  a  person  under  the  provision  of Section 303(1)(2) of the
   Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is valid only for the operation of
   radio stations for which that person is the station licensee.

   [ 58 FR 9124 , Feb. 19, 1993;  58 FR 12632 , Mar. 5, 1993, as amended at  68 FR 46958 , Aug. 7, 2003]