Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 18, 2024

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Oct 15, 2024
§ 15.817 - Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) radio operator.

Every person in the required complement of deck officers, including the master, on seagoing vessels equipped with a GMDSS, except those vessels listed in § 15.105(f) and (g) of this part, must provide evidence of a valid STCW endorsement as GMDSS radio operator.

[USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 78007, Dec. 24, 2013]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 2101,2103,3306,3703,8101,8102,8103,8104,8105,8301,8304,8502,8503,8701,8702,8901,8902,8903,8904,8905,8906; and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3
source: CGD 81-059, 52 FR 38652, Oct. 16, 1987, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 15.817