[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR12.02-3]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 12_CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart 12.02_General Requirements for Certification
 
Sec. 12.02-3  Where documents are issued.


    (a) Certificates of identification, certificates of service, 
certificates of efficiency, and continuous discharge books are issued to 
qualifying applicants at any Marine Inspection Office of the Coast Guard 
during usual business hours.
    (b)(1) Coast Guard Merchant Marine Details abroad are authorized to 
conduct examinations for upgrading of seamen, but are not prepared to 
conduct the physical examination where required. Merchant Marine Details 
will therefore not issue regular certificates, but temporary permits in 
lieu thereof. Merchant Marine Details will instruct the recipient of 
each temporary permit to present it to the Officer in Charge, Marine 
Inspection, upon arrival in the first port in the United States in which 
a Marine Inspection Office is located in order to exchange it for a 
permanent certificate.
    (2) The temporary permit shall be accepted in a Marine Inspection 
Office as proof that the bearer has complied with the rules and 
regulations governing the issuance of certificates, except as noted in 
the body of the temporary permit. The requirements noted in the 
exceptions will be complied with as in the case of other applicants.
    (3) The written examinations are forwarded to the Commanding 
Officer, National Maritime Center by Merchant Marine Details, and any 
Marine Inspection Office at which an applicant with a temporary permit 
appears and may request and obtain the examination in the case from the 
Commanding Officer, National Maritime Center. Any Marine Inspection 
Office which doubts the propriety of issuing a permanent certificate in 
lieu of a temporary permit which has been issued by a foreign Merchant 
Marine Detail shall inform the Commanding Officer, National Maritime 
Center fully as to the circumstances.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 95-072, 60 FR 
50460, Sept. 29, 1995; USCG-1998-4442, 63 FR 52189, Sept. 30, 1998; 
USCG-2004-18884, 69 FR 58343, Sept. 30, 2004]

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