The COVID Project
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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Coast Guard, National Maritime Center; nationwide
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 46 U.S.C. 7507; 46 C.F.R. 10.205
- Issued
- 2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-30
- End
- 2020-06-04 (superseded by Change 2) (read as 2020-06-04)
- In force
- Mar. 30, 2020 to June 4, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- merchant mariners
- vessel operators
- training providers
- Functions reached
- HR credentialing and medical certificates
- WF mariner availability
- OP maritime training schools (course approvals)
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS
Operative words
STCW Medical Certificates that expired between March 1, 2020 and July 31, 2020 are extended until October 31, 2020.... Course and program approvals that expire between January 1, 2020 and July 31, 2020 are extended for six months from their current expiration date. This MISB serves as formal [notification].
Enforcement
46 C.F.R. 15.401 as relaxed
Notes
Extends medical certificates and course approvals; Regional Exam Centers remain closed.
Retrieval noteText read in full. it carries no independent legal effect. The enforceable instruments are the COTP orders, 33 C.F.R. 160.216, 33 C.F.R. 105.125 and the CDC orders the bulletin describes (already cited in the record's enforcement field). Cite the bulletin as evidence of the operating regime, not as an order).