[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR97.9]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 97.9  Operator license grant.

    (a) The classes of amateur operator license grants are: Novice, 
Technician, Technician Plus (until such licenses expire, a Technical 
Class license granted before February 14, 1991, is considered a 
Technician Plus Class license), General, Advanced, and Amateur Extra. 
The person named in the operator license grant is authorized to be the 
control operator of an amateur station with the privileges authorized to 
the operator class specified on the license grant.
    (b) The person named in an operator license grant of Novice, 
Technician, Technician Plus, General or Advanced Class, who has properly 
submitted to the administering VEs a FCC Form 605 document requesting 
examination for an operator license grant of a higher class, and who 
holds a CSCE indicating that the person has completed the necessary 
examinations within the previous 365 days, is authorized to exercise the 
rights and privileges of the higher operator class until final 
disposition of the application or until 365 days following the passing 
of the examination, whichever comes first.

[63 FR 68978, Dec. 14, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 6549, Feb. 10, 2000]