Regulations last checked for updates: May 17, 2024

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: May 14, 2024
§ 5.5 - Purpose of administrative actions.

The administrative actions against a license, certificate, merchant mariner credential, endorsement, or document are remedial and not penal in nature. These actions are intended to help maintain standards for competence and conduct essential to the promotion of safety at sea.

[CGD 82-002, 50 FR 32184, Aug. 9, 1985, as amended by USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11214, Mar. 16, 2009]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103,7101,7301,7701; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2
source: CGD 82-002, 50 FR 32184, Aug. 9, 1985, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 5.5