2013 Maryland Code
BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
§ 11-504 - Inactive pilots; disabled pilots
§11-504.
(a) A pilot is eligible for payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:
(1) (i) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and
(ii) has been, for at least 25 years:
1. a member in good standing of the Association; and
2. licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft; or
(2) (i) 1. has been certified by two physicians chosen by the Board to be permanently incapable of providing pilotage; or
2. has had a federal or State pilot’s license revoked for physical disability; and
(ii) before becoming permanently disabled, the pilot was:
1. a member in good standing of the Association; and
2. licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of any draft.
(b) A pilot is eligible for reduced payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:
(1) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and
(2) has been, for at least 20 years:
(i) a member in good standing of the Association; and
(ii) licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft.
(c) Eligibility for payments as an inactive pilot shall cease if:
(1) a pilot who was declared permanently incapable of providing pilotage becomes capable of providing pilotage; or
(2) a pilot who had a federal or State pilot’s license revoked for physical disability has the license reissued.
(d) Time of service as a licensed docking master on or before September 30, 2004, shall be included in determining a pilot’s eligibility for payment as an inactive pilot.
(e) A pilot who held an unlimited docking master license on October 1, 2000, is eligible for reduced payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:
(1) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and
(2) has been, for at least 5 years:
(i) a member in good standing of the Association or of the Association of Maryland Docking Pilots; and
(ii) licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft.
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