Federal · Title 46 — Shipping
46 U.S.C. § 7103: Licenses for radio officers
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A license as radio officer may be issued only to an applicant who has a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission. Except as provided in section 7318 of this title , this part does not affect the status of radiotelegraph operators serving on board vessels operating only on the Great Lakes.
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