[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR13.13]

[Page 679-680]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
PART 13--COMMERCIAL RADIO OPERATORS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 13.13  Application for a renewed or modified license.

    (a) Each application to renew a First Class Radiotelegraph 
Operator's Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's 
Certificate, Third Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Marine 
Radio Operator Permit, GMDSS Radio Operator's License, GMDSS Radio 
Maintainer's License, or GMDSS Radio Operator/Maintainer License must be 
made on FCC Form 605. The application must be accompanied by the 
appropriate fee and submitted in accordance with Sec. 1.913 of this 
chapter.
    (b) If a license expires, application for renewal may be made during 
a grace period of five years after the expiration date without having to 
retake the required examinations. The application must be accompanied by 
the required fee and submitted in accordance with Sec. 1.913 of this 
chapter. During the grace period, the expired license is not valid. A 
license renewed during the grace period will be effective as of the date 
of the renewal. Licensees who fail to renew their license within the 
grace period must apply for a new license and take the required 
examination(s).
    (c) Each application involving a change in operator class must be 
filed on FCC Form 605. Each application for a commercial operator 
license involving a change in operator class must be accompanied by the 
required fee, if any, and submitted in accordance with Sec. 1.913 of 
this chapter. The application must include an original PPC(s) from a 
COLEM(s) showing that the applicant has passed the necessary 
examinations element(s) within the previous 365 days when the applicant 
files the application. If a COLEM files the application electronically 
on behalf of the applicant an original PPC(s) is not required. However, 
the COLEM must keep the PPC(s) on file for a period of 1 year.
    (d) An applicant will be given credit for an examination element as 
specified below:
    (1) An unexpired (or within the grace period) FCC-issued commercial 
radio operator license: The written examination and telegraphy 
Element(s) required to obtain the license held; and
    (2) An expired or unexpired FCC-issued Amateur Extra Class operator 
license document granted before April 15, 2000: Telegraphy Elements 1 
and 2.

[58 FR 9124, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 60 FR 27699, May 25, 1995; 63 
FR 68942, Dec. 14, 1998; 66 FR 20752, Apr. 25, 2001]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 46959, Aug. 7, 2003, Sec. 13.13 was 
amended by revising paragraph (a), redesignating paragraph (d) as (e), 
and adding a new paragraph (d), effective Oct. 6, 2003. For the 
convenience of the reader, the revised and added text is set forth as 
follows:

Sec. 13.13  Application for a renewed or modified license.

    (a) Each application to renew a First Class Radiotelegraph 
Operator's Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's 
Certificate, Third Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Marine 
Radio Operator Permit, GMDSS Radio Operator's License, Restricted GMDSS 
Radio Operator's License, GMDSS Radio Maintainer's License, or GMDSS 
Radio Operator/Maintainer License must be made on FCC Form 605. The 
application must be accompanied by the appropriate fee and submitted in 
accordance with Sec. 1.913 of this chapter.

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    (d) Provided that a person's commercial radio operator license was 
not revoked, or suspended, and is not the subject of an ongoing 
suspension proceeding, a person holding a General Radiotelephone 
Operator License, Marine Radio Operator Permit, First Class 
Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph 
Operator's Certificate, Third Class Radiotelegraph Operator's 
Certificate, GMDSS Radio Operator's License, Restricted GMDSS Radio 
Operator's License, GMDSS Radio Maintainer's License, or GMDSS Radio 
Operator/Maintainer license, who has an application for another 
commercial radio operator license which has not yet been acted upon 
pending at the FCC and who holds a PPC(s) indicating that he or she 
passed the necessary examination(s) within the previous 365 days, is 
authorized to exercise the rights and privileges of the license for 
which the application is filed. This temporary conditional operating 
authority is valid for a period of 90 days from the date

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the application is received. This temporary conditional operating 
authority does not relieve the licensee of the obligation to comply with 
the certification requirements of the Standards of Training, 
Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention. The FCC, in its 
discretion, may cancel this temporary conditional operating authority 
without a hearing.

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