Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Mar 17, 2025
§ 15.817 - Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Radio Operator.

Every person in the required complement of deck officers, including the Master, on seagoing vessels equipped with a GMDSS, except those vessels listed in § 15.105(f) and (g), must provide evidence of a valid STCW endorsement as GMDSS Radio Operator.

[USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 78007, Dec. 24, 2013]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 2101,2103,3306,3703,8101,8102,8103,8104,8105,8301,8304,8502,8503,8701,8702,8901,8902,8903,8904,8905,8906; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4
source: CGD 81-059, 52 FR 38652, Oct. 16, 1987, as amended by USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93118, Nov. 25, 2024, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 15.817