46 C.F.R. § 12.10-7 General provisions respecting merchant mariner's document endorsed as lifeboatman.
Title 46 - Shipping
A merchant mariner's document endorsed as able seaman is the equivalent of a certificate as lifeboatman or of an endorsement as lifeboatman and will be accepted as either of these wherever either is required by law; provided, however, that, when the holder documented as an able seaman has to be certificated as either proficient in survival craft and rescue boats or proficient in fast rescue boats, he or she shall hold an endorsement under the STCW (incorporated by reference in §12.01–3). [CGD 95–062, 62 FR 34537, June 26, 1997; CGD 95–062, 62 FR 40140, July 25, 1997, as amended by USCG-1999–5610, 67 FR 66069, Oct. 30, 2002]
Title 46: Shipping
PART 12—CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN
Subpart 12.10—Lifeboatman
§ 12.10-7 General provisions respecting merchant mariner's document endorsed as lifeboatman.
