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FCC 13.13
Revised as of
Goto Year:1996 |
1998
Sec. 13.13 Application for a renewed or modified license.
(a) Each application to renew a First Class Radiotelegraph
Operator's Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's
Certificate, Third Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Marine
Radio Operator Permit, GMDSS Radio Operator's License, or GMDSS Radio
Maintainer's License must be made on FCC Form 756. The application must
be accompanied by the original document or a legible photocopy unless it
has been lost, mutilated, or destroyed. If the license has been lost,
mutilated, or destroyed, submit a written explanation. The application
must be accompanied by the appropriate fee and submitted to the address
specified in part 1 of the rules.
(b) A licensee may submit an application for renewal of an unexpired
license during the last year of the license term. If a license expires,
application for renewal may be made during a grace period of five years
after the expiration date without having to retake the required
examinations. The application must be accompanied by the required fee
and submitted to the address specified in part 1 of the rules. During
the grace period, the expired license is not valid. A license renewed
during the grace period will be effective as of the date of the renewal.
Licensees who fail to renew their license within the grace period must
apply for a new license and take the required examination(s).
(c) Each application involving a change in operator class must be
made on FCC Form 756. Each application for a commercial operator license
involving a change in operator class must be accompanied by the required
fee, if any, and submitted to the address specified in part 1 of the
rules. The application must include:
(1) An original PPC(s) from a COLEM(s) showing that the applicant
has passed the necessary examination element(s) within the previous 365
days, and
(2) A copy of the applicable license(s) when the applicant claims
credit for an examination element. The FCC will give credit only as
specified below to an applicant holding any of the following documents:
(i) An unexpired (or within the grace period) FCC-issued commercial
radio operator license: the written examination and telegraphy
Element(s) required to obtain the license held.
(ii) An unexpired (or within the grace period) FCC-issued Amateur
Extra Class operator license: Telegraphy Elements 1 and 2.
(d) Provided that a person's commercial radio operator license was
not revoked, or suspended, and is not the subject of an ongoing
suspension proceeding, a person holding a General Radiotelephone
Operator License, Marine
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Radio Operator Permit, First Class Radiotelegraph Operator's
Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Third
Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, GMDSS Radio Operator's
License, or GMDSS Radio Maintainer's License, who has an application for
another commercial radio operator license which has not yet been acted
upon pending at the FCC and who holds a PPC(s) indicating that he or she
passed the necessary examination(s) within the previous 365 days, is
authorized to exercise the rights and privileges of the license for
which the application is filed. This authority is valid for a period of
90 days from the date the application is received. The FCC, in its
discretion, may cancel this temporary conditional operating authority
without a hearing.
(e) The holder of a First Class Radiotelegraph Operator's
Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Third
Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, General Radiotelephone
Operator License, Marine Radio Operator Permit, GMDSS Radio Operator's
License, or GMDSS Radio Maintainer's License whose name is legally
changed may obtain a modified license by filing a FCC Form 756 with a
written explanation. The application must be accompanied by the required
fee and submitted to the address specified in part 1 of the rules.
(f) A licensee who has made application for a renewed or modified
operator license or permit may exhibit a photocopy of their license in
lieu of the original document.
[ 58 FR 9124 , Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 3795 , Jan. 27, 1994; 60 FR 27699 , May 25, 1995]
Goto Section: 13.11 | 13.15
Goto Year: 1996 |
1998
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