2014 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping (Sections 101 - 80509)
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (Sections 2101 - 14702)
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief (Sections 10101 - 11507)
Chapter 106 - Fishing Voyages (Sections 10601 - 10603)
Sec. 10603 - Seaman's duty to notify employer regarding illness, disability, and injury
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief CHAPTER 106 - FISHING VOYAGES Sec. 10603 - Seaman's duty to notify employer regarding illness, disability, and injury |
| Contains | section 10603 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 100-424, §6(a), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1592. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 102 Stat. 1592 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 100-424 |
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(a) A seaman on a fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel shall notify the master or individual in charge of the vessel or other agent of the employer regarding any illness, disability, or injury suffered by the seaman when in service to the vessel not later than seven days after the date on which the illness, disability, or injury arose.
(b) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations requiring that each fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, and fish tender vessel shall have on board a placard displayed in a prominent location accessible to the crew describing the seaman's duty under subsection (a) of this section.
(Pub. L. 100–424, §6(a), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1592.)
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
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| 10603 | New |
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