Licenses for radio officers
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Title 46—SHIPPING > Subtitle II—Vessels and Seamen > Part E—Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents > CHAPTER 71—LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY
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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.
( Pub. L. 98–89 , Aug. 26, 1983 , 97 Stat. 540 .)
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