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FCC 13.7
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
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 eleven 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).
(11) GMDSS Radio Operator/Maintainer License (general operator's
certificate/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; 73 FR 4479 , Jan. 25, 2008]
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