La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXX-106

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section LXX-106 - Qualifications of Pilots

A. No person shall be recommended to the governor for appointment as a pilot unless the applicant:

1. is a qualified elector of the state of Louisiana;

2. has served at least 12 months next preceding the date of his application in a pilot boat at the mouth of the Mississippi River or other entrances into the Gulf of Mexico or other outside waters from the Port of New Orleans;

3. has successfully passed the examination given by the board of examiners, as required by R.S. 34:948;

4. owns or has made a binding legal agreement to acquire as owner or part owner of at least one decked pilot boat of not less than 50 tons burden, which is used and employed exclusively as a pilot boat, as required by R.S. 34:930;

5. is a high school graduate or, in lieu thereof, holds a third mate's license;

6. has served at least one year at sea on a sea-going vessel of not less than 1,600 gross tons in the deck department;

7. has successfully passed a physical examination which in the judgment of the board of examiners includes those standards, such as vision, color perception and hearing tests, to perform duties as a bar pilot;

8. is of good moral character; and

9. shall have completed satisfactorily an apprenticeship program which culminates in a cubbing period of not less than nine months duration handling vessels over the routes of the bar pilots under the supervision of not less than 25 licensed state bar pilots.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXX-106

Promulgated by Office of the Governor, Board of Examiners of Bar Pilots for the Port of New Orleans, LR 29:351 (March 2003), amended LR 29:2058 (October 2003).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 34:945.C.1.