[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR12.02-3]

[Page 198-199]
 
                           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) Merchant mariner's documents may be issued to qualified 
applicants at the National Maritime Center or at any Regional 
Examination Center 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.

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    (3) The written examinations are forwarded to the Commanding 
Officer, National Maritime Center by Merchant Marine Details. Any Marine 
Inspection Office at which an applicant with a temporary permit appears 
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; USCG-2004-18884, 69 FR 
68089, Nov. 23, 2004; USCG-2006-25535, 71 FR 48483, Aug. 21, 2006]