2015 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 76A - Navigation and Pilotage Commissions.
Article 4 - General Provisions.
§ 76A-36 - Classes of licenses.

NC Gen Stat § 76A-36 (2015) What's This?

76A-36. Classes of licenses.

The Commission shall have general authority to issue three classes of licenses:

(1) Limited. - A license to pilot vessels whose draft does not exceed 25 feet combined with a maximum length to be fixed by Commission rules. Limited licenses may be issued to those who pass requirements established by statute and by the Commission to entitle such person to a limited license.

(2) Full. - A license to pilot any vessel. Full license shall be issued to all holders of a limited license who have in the opinion of the Commission satisfactorily served at least one year under a limited license. Additionally, the Commission may issue a full license to anyone who in the Commission's judgments has sufficient credentials as established under G.S. 76A-35(b) to perform the pilotage task associated with a full license.

(3) Apprentice. - A license to engage in a program, approved by the Commission, as apprentice pilot under the terms of G.S. 76A-42. (1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1176, s. 1.)


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