S.C. Code Regs. § § 136-730

Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024

Section 136-730 - Pilot Registration

A. The maximum number of pilots for the Upper Coastal Area is limited to three (3), and may be increased by the Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper Coastal Area to five (5). The minimum number of Full Branch pilots for the Upper Coastal Area shall be established by the Commissioners to be sufficient to handle the number of vessels requiring pilot services, in accordance with Section 54-15-130 of the 1976 South Carolina Code, as amended. The Commissioners for the Upper Coastal Area may authorize a number of Short Branch pilots in addition to the number established for Full Branch pilots.

B. Every pilot being registered shall have a thorough physical examination every year. An individual's registration remains valid through the end of the month in which the first anniversary of the most recent satisfactory physical examination occurs. If invalidated by expiration of the previous physical, registration is restored once a satisfactory physical examination has been completed, without further action by the Commission or other authority. Pilots holding and maintaining a Medical Certificate for a First Class Pilot issued by the United States Coast Guard are deemed medically fit to perform the duties of a State Registered Pilot. Annual physicals will be recorded on a form approved by the Commissioners that is:

(a) signed by an appropriately licensed physician;

(b) signed by the applicant attesting to the status as of that date of his or her Coast Guard Medical Certificate; and

(c) submitted within 30 days of the completion of the physical. Pilots not holding a current Medical Certificate issued by the United States Coast Guard for a First Class Pilot may petition the Commissioners for a determination of medical fitness by alternate means.

S.C. Code Regs. § 136-730

Added by State Register Volume 18, Issue No. 6, eff June 24, 1994. Amended by State Register Volume 32, Issue No. 5, eff May 23, 2008; State Register Volume 36, Issue No. 6, eff June 22, 2012; State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/27/2016.