§  97.521   VEC qualifications.

   No organization may serve as a VEC unless it has entered into a written
   agreement with the FCC. The VEC must abide by the terms of the
   agreement. In order to be eligible to be a VEC, the entity must:

   (a) Be an organization that exists for the purpose of furthering the
   amateur service;

   (b) Be capable of serving as a VEC in at least the VEC region (see
   appendix 2) proposed;

   (c) Agree to coordinate examinations for any class of amateur operator
   license;

   (d) Agree to assure that, for any examination, every examinee qualified
   under these rules is registered without regard to race, sex, religion,
   national origin or membership (or lack thereof) in any amateur service
   organization;

   [ 54 FR 25857 , June 20, 1989, as amended at  58 FR 29127 , May 19, 1993;
    61 FR 9953 , Mar. 12, 1996]