Fabio
76b8ec33a7
Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
54 lines
2.7 KiB
Markdown
54 lines
2.7 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "LegalText"
|
||
title: "46 U.S.C. § 7509"
|
||
description: "Medical certification by trusted agents"
|
||
jurisdiction: "us"
|
||
corpus: "united_states_code"
|
||
kind: "code_section"
|
||
title_number: 46
|
||
title_name: "SHIPPING"
|
||
chapter_number: "75"
|
||
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION"
|
||
section: "7509"
|
||
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 7509"
|
||
status: "current"
|
||
release_point: "119-100"
|
||
release_date: "2026-06-26"
|
||
source: "official"
|
||
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
|
||
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s7509"
|
||
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-46/usc46.xml"
|
||
source_hash: "5fba0c4a984509d11c8971b00a0d599361efe08074a9cee7992f58843946ccec"
|
||
raw_snapshot_hash: "eb1331aa3c08ed87231a3606d86b30d1b5942cdf8542f6a3df8ac1d66e86057f"
|
||
text_hash: "7866dc9725d33ccb8d9a807c03b990924ced75935156785d5a6ff67aa2312426"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
|
||
confidence: "official"
|
||
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# 46 U.S.C. § 7509 - Medical certification by trusted agents
|
||
|
||
## Text
|
||
|
||
(a) In General.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law and pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, a trusted agent may issue a medical certificate to an individual who—
|
||
|
||
(1) must hold such certificate to qualify for a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document, or endorsement thereto under this part; and
|
||
|
||
(2) is qualified as to sight, hearing, and physical condition to perform the duties of such license, certificate, document, or endorsement, as determined by the trusted agent.
|
||
|
||
(b) Process for Issuance of Certificates by Secretary.— A final rule implementing this section shall include a process for—
|
||
|
||
(1) the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue medical certificates to mariners who submit applications for such certificates to the Secretary; and
|
||
|
||
(2) a trusted agent to defer to the Secretary the issuance of a medical certificate.
|
||
|
||
(c) Trusted Agent Defined.— In this section the term “trusted agent” means a medical practitioner certified by the Secretary to perform physical examinations of an individual for purposes of a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document under this part.
|
||
|
||
(Added Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 309(a), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 56.)
|
||
|
||
## Notes
|
||
|
||
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
|
||
|
||
Implementation DeadlinePub. L. 114–120, title III, § 309(b), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 57, provided that: “Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act [Feb. 8, 2016], the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue a final rule implementing section 7509 of title 46, United States Code, as added by this section.”
|