Sec. 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]