Coast Guard, DHS § 12.02–11
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Coast Guard, DHS § 12.02–11 (h) Each applicant for a merchant will be endorsed for, any unlicensed rat- mariner’s document shall comply with ing in the deck department, except able the NDR requirements in § 12.02–4(d). seaman, and will be a certificate of [CGFR 65–50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as service authorizing the holder to serve amended by CGD 74–178, 40 FR 57673, Dec. 11, in any unlicensed capacity in the deck 1975; CGD 91–211, 59 FR 49300, Sept. 27, 1994; department, except able seaman, with- CGD 91–223, 60 FR 4525, Jan. 23, 1995; CGD 91– out being required to present his li- 212, 60 FR 65489, Dec. 19, 1995; USCG-2003– cense. If a licensed deck officer quali- 14500, 69 FR 532, Jan. 6, 2004] fies as able seaman, the merchant mariner’s document will be endorsed, § 12.02–10 Applications for documents from aliens. any unlicensed rating in the deck depart- ment, including able seaman, and such (a) No application from an alien for a endorsement will be deemed to include certificate of service, certificate of effi- a certificate of efficiency as ciency, certificate of identification, lifeboatman. continuous discharge book, or mer- (2) A merchant mariner’s document chant mariner’s document shall be ac- issued to an engineer officer licensed cepted unless the alien presents accept- for inspected vessels of over 2,000 horse- able documentary evidence from the power, will be endorsed for any unli- United States US Citizenship and Im- censed rating in the engine department, migration Services that he is lawfully and will be a certificate of service au- admitted to the United States for per- thorizing the holder to serve in any un- manent residence. licensed capacity in the engine depart- (b) This evidence may be in the form ment without being required to present of an alien registration receipt card issued by the US Citizenship and Immi- his license. If a licensed engineer quali- gration Services bearing the certifi- fies as a lifeboatman, the further en- cation that the alien was admitted to dorsement, lifeboatman, will be placed the United States as an immigrant, or on the merchant mariner’s document. a declaration of intention to become a (3) A merchant mariner’s document citizen of the United States issued by a issued to a licensed radio officer will be naturalization court. endorsed as follows: See License as Radio Officer. If a licensed radio officer [CGFR 65–50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as qualifies as a lifeboatman, the further amended by USCG-2004–18884, 69 FR 58343, endorsement, Lifeboatman, will be Sept. 30, 2004] placed on the merchant mariner’s doc- § 12.02–11 General provisions respect- ument. Qualifications for other ratings ing merchant mariners’ documents. for which a radio officer is eligible may (a) As provided in § 12.02–5, every cer- also be endorsed on the document. tificate of service, certificate of effi- (e)(1) A merchant mariner’s docu- ciency, or certificate of identification ment issued to a staff officer will be issued or reissued shall be in the form endorsed as follows: See Certificate of of a merchant mariner’s document, Registry. The holder of a certificate of Coast Guard Form CG-2838. registry as chief purser, purser, senior (b) Any licensed officer or unlicensed assistant purser, or junior assistant seaman currently holding, in a valid purser, may also serve in any capacity status, any of the documents listed in in the staff department not requiring a paragraph (a) of this section may, upon certificate of registry without obtain- request and without examination, be ing an additional endorsement on his issued a merchant mariner’s document. merchant mariner’s document. (c) A merchant mariner’s document (2) The authorized holder of any valid shall be a certificate of service author- merchant mariner’s document, how- izing the holder to serve in any rating ever endorsed, may serve in any capac- endorsed thereon, or in any lower rat- ity in the staff department of a vessel, ing in the same department, or in any except in those capacities requiring rating covered by a general endorse- registered staff officers: Provided, That ment thereon. whenever such service includes the (d)(1) A merchant mariner’s docu- handling of food no person may be so ment issued to a licensed deck officer employed unless his document bears 205 VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:29 Oct 24, 2007 Jkt 211188 PO 00000 Frm 00215 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\211188.XXX 211188 yshivers on PROD1PC62 with CFR.