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title: "46 U.S.C. § 15104"
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description: "National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 46
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title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_number: "151"
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chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARITIME TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES"
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section: "15104"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 15104"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 15104 - National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee
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## Text
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(a) Establishment.— There is established a National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the “Committee”).
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(b) Function.— The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to—
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(1) medical certification determinations for the issuance of licenses, certification of registry, and merchant mariners’ documents with respect to merchant mariners;
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(2) medical standards and guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of commercial vessels;
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(3) medical examiner education; and
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(4) medical research.
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(c) Membership.— (1) In general.— The Committee shall consist of 14 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.
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(2) Expertise.— Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.
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(3) Representation.— Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:
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(A) 9 shall represent health-care professionals and have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience regarding the medical examinations of merchant mariners or occupational medicine.
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(B) 5 shall represent professional mariners and have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in occupational requirements for mariners.
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(Added Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4283.)
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