La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXX-6205

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXX-6205 - General Requirements

A. An applicant must be of good moral character. An applicant shall be required to submit to a background check conducted by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's office. An applicant shall sign all pertinent authorization forms allowing the board to obtain and verify the authenticity of all documents submitted to the board.

B. An applicant must have been a registered voter of the State of Louisiana for the preceding two consecutive years prior to submitting an application.

C. An applicant shall submit proof of a current satisfactory United States Coast Guard approved physical (Merchant Mariner Physical Examination Report). Upon notification of an impending NOBRA selection of apprentices, the applicant shall submit to a physical examination administered by an Examiner appointed physician specializing in occupational medicine no more than 40 days prior to the selection.

D. An applicant must not have reached his forty-fifth birthday prior to the date of selection into the Pilot Development Program.

E. An applicant shall submit evidence of satisfactory completion of training programs approved by the board for the following courses of instruction:

1. bridge resource management;

2. basic ship handling (5 day);

3. radar observer;

4. advanced firefighting; and

5. CPR.

F. An applicant shall provide proof they have passed a board approved drug screen test consistent with the board's drug screen policy (See Chapter 65 of the board's rules) within 30 days prior to submission of an application. Additionally, upon notification of a pending NOBRA selection of apprentices, the applicant shall submit proof that they have passed a board approved drug screen test not more than 0 days prior to the selection.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXX-6205

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Board of Examiners for New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots, LR 30:2473 (November 2004), amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Examiners for New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots for the Mississippi River, LR 36:495 (March 2010), LR 38:3166 (December 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 34:1041 et seq.