Section 15104 - National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-There is established a National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the "Committee").(b) FUNCTION.-The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to-(1) medical certification determinations for the issuance of licenses, certification of registry, and merchant mariners' documents with respect to merchant mariners;(2) medical standards and guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of commercial vessels;(3) medical examiner education; and(c) MEMBERSHIP.-(1) IN GENERAL.-The Committee shall consist of 14 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.(2) EXPERTISE.-Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.(3) REPRESENTATION.-Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:(A) 9 shall represent health-care professionals and have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience regarding the medical examinations of merchant mariners or occupational medicine.(B) 5 shall represent professional mariners and have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in occupational requirements for mariners.Added Pub. L. 115-282, title VI, §601(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4283.