Us Code § 15104 - National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee
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§ 15104. National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee
(a)
(b)
(1) medical certification determinations for the issuance of licenses, certification of registry, and merchant mariners' documents with respect to merchant mariners;
(2) medical standards and guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of commercial vessels;
(3) medical examiner education; and
(4) medical research.
(c)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(A) 9 shall represent health-care professionals and have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience regarding the medical examinations of merchant mariners or occupational medicine.
(B) 5 shall represent professional mariners and have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in occupational requirements for mariners.
(Added Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, §601(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4283.)
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