TITLE 46 - US CODE - CHAPTER 75 - GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

46 USC 7501 - Duplicates

(a) If a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariners document issued under this part is lost as a result of a marine casualty, the holder shall be supplied with a duplicate without cost.
(b) For any other loss, the seaman may obtain a duplicate on payment of reasonable costs prescribed by regulation by the Secretary.

46 USC 7502 - Records

The Secretary shall maintain computerized records on the issuances, denials, suspensions, and revocations of licenses, certificates of registry, merchant mariners documents, and endorsements on those licenses, certificates, and documents.

46 USC 7503 - Dangerous drugs as grounds for denial

[(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 101–380, title IV, § 4103(a)(2)(B), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 511.]
(b) A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariners document authorized to be issued under this part may be denied to an individual who
(1) within 10 years before applying for the license, certificate, or document, has been convicted of violating a dangerous drug law of the United States or of a State; or
(2) when applying, has ever been a user of, or addicted to, a dangerous drug unless the individual provides satisfactory proof that the individual is cured.

46 USC 7504 - Travel and expense reimbursement

When a requirement to qualify for the issuance of, or endorsement on, a certificate, license, or document under this part is administered at a place at the request of an applicant or an applicants representative, the applicant or representative may reimburse the Secretary for the travel and subsistence expenses incurred by the personnel assigned to perform the administration of the requirement. Amounts received as reimbursement under this section shall be credited to the appropriation for operating expenses of the Coast Guard.

46 USC 7505 - Review of information in National Driver Register

The Secretary shall make information received from the National Driver Register under section 206(b)(7) of the National Driver Register Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 401 note ) available to an individual for review and written comment before denying, suspending, revoking, or taking any other action relating to a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariners document authorized to be issued for that individual under this part, based on that information.

46 USC 7506 - Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents

Notwithstanding any provision of section 14302 (c) or 14305 of this title, the Secretary may
(1) evaluate the service of an individual who is applying for a license, a certificate of registry, or a merchant mariners document by using the tonnage as measured under chapter 143 of this title for the vessels on which that service was acquired, and
(2) issue the license, certificate, or document based on that service.