46 C.F.R. § 12.01-1 Purpose of rules in this part.
Title 46 - Shipping
(a) The purposes of the regulations in this part are to provide— (1) A comprehensive and adequate means of determining and verifying the identity, citizenship, nationality, and professional qualifications an applicant must possess to be eligible for certification to serve on merchant vessels of the United States; (2) A means of determining that an applicant is competent to serve as a “rating forming part of a navigational watch” or a “rating forming part of an engine-room watch”, or is otherwise “designated to perform duties in a periodically unmanned engine-room”, on a seagoing ship, in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW), and to receive the certificate or endorsement required by STCW (incorporated by reference in §12.01–3); and (3) A means, through a criminal record review and a safety and security check, to determine whether the holder of a merchant mariner's document would be a threat to the safety of life or property at sea, or his or her presence would be adverse to the security of the United States. (b) The regulations in subpart 12.03 of this part prescribe the requirements applicable to all training and assessment associated with meeting the standards of competence established by STCW. (c) Continuous discharge books and merchant mariner documents are issued by the Coast Guard and are property of the Coast Guard. [CGD 95–062, 62 FR 34534, June 26, 1997, as amended by USCG-1999–5610, 67 FR 66068, Oct. 30, 2002; USCG-2003–14500, 69 FR 531, Jan. 6, 2004]
Title 46: Shipping
PART 12—CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN
Subpart 12.01—General
§ 12.01-1 Purpose of rules in this part.
