La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXX-6312

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

Section LXX-6312 - Recency Requirement

A. The purpose of this Section is to ensure that pilots retain their skills in ship handling and maintain familiarity on the NOBRA route.

B. All pilots shall complete at least 60 turns each calendar year. A calendar year commences on the first of January each year.

1. The president of the board and the president of the association shall be exempt from the recency requirement.

2. Members of the examiners and association officers shall be considered recent by completing 20 turns or 20 observer turns each calendar year.

3. A turn shall be considered a vessel transit of at least 20 miles.

4. Work performed at the VTC shall not be considered as a turn for the purpose of recency However, a pilot is required to be recent in order to stand watch at the VTC, unless specifically waived by the board for a temporary condition not effecting performance of duty.

5. Notwithstanding Paragraph 4 above, work performed at the VTC shall be considered as a turn for the purpose of recency for all pilots who have been commissioned for 20 years or more.

6. It is the duty of any pilot who fails to maintain recency to remove themselves from rotation and immediately notify the board.

C. Failure of a pilot to remove themselves from rotation and notify the board shall be deemed a violation of these rules and shall result in an investigation.

D. Before a non-recent pilot is eligible to resume pilotage duty, the pilot shall be required to successfully complete, to the exclusive and unilateral satisfaction of the board, a specifically designed program to re-orient said pilot to Mississippi River pilotage.

1. Before a non-recent pilot is eligible to resume pilotage duty, the board reserves the right to require the pilot to satisfactorily pass a current United States Coast Guard approved physical (merchant mariner physical examination report).

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXX-6312

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Board of Examiners for New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots, LR 4445 (1/1/2018).

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