46 U.S.C. § 8302 — Staff department
submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 98-89 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 387 words · no verdicts yet
(a) This section applies to a United States vessel except a fishing or whaling vessel, yacht, vessel operating only on specified inland waters and lakes other than the Great Lakes, or vessel carrying passengers and cars on the Great Lakes. (b) A vessel’s staff department is separate and independent.
(a) This section applies to a United States vessel* except a fishing or whaling vessel, yacht, vessel operating only on specified inland waters and lakes other than the Great Lakes, or vessel carrying passengers and cars on the Great Lakes. (b) A vessel’s staff department is separate and independent. It includes people registered under § 7101, clerks, and people assigned to the senior registered medical doctor. (c) It has a medical division and a purser’s division. Each division officer answers only to the master. The senior registered medical doctor heads the medical division, and the senior registered purser heads the purser’s division. (d) On an oceangoing passenger vessel licensed for more than 100 passengers, the purser’s division officer must be a registered chief purser. If more than three people work there, it must also have at least one registered senior assistant purser and one registered junior assistant purser. (e) A person may not employ, and no one may serve in, a required registered staff-officer grade without the required certificate. A violator owes the United States a $100 civil penalty. If no registered staff officer is available when the vessel sails, it may sail with an unregistered one or without one. (f) A staff officer may not be listed on the vessel’s inspection certificate. (g) A registered staff officer who is a Navy Reserve member may wear special insignia prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. (h) Staff-officer stripes, decorations, and other insignia must be gold braid or woven gold or silver. Other crewmembers may not wear a uniform bearing staff-officer insignia.
This section applies to a vessel of the United States* except—
a fishing or whaling vessel* or a yacht;
a vessel operated only on bays, sounds, inland waters, and lakes (except the Great Lakes); and
a vessel ferrying passengers and cars on the Great Lakes.
The staff department on a vessel is a separate and independent department. It consists of individuals registered under section 7101 of this title, clerks, and individuals assigned to the senior registered medical doctor.
The staff department is composed of a medical division and a purser’s division. The officer in charge of each division is responsible only to the master. The senior registered medical doctor is in charge of the medical division. The senior registered purser is in charge of the purser’s division.
The officer in charge of the purser’s division of the staff department on an oceangoing passenger vessel licensed to carry more than 100 passengers shall be a registered chief purser. When more than 3 individuals are employed in the purser’s division of that vessel, there also shall be at least one registered senior assistant purser and one registered junior assistant purser.
A person may not employ an individual to serve in, and an individual may not serve in, a grade of staff officer on a vessel, when that staff officer is required by this section to be registered, if the individual does not have a certificate of registry as staff officer in that grade. A person (including an individual) violating this subsection is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $100. However, if a registered staff officer is not available at the time of sailing, the vessel may sail with an unregistered staff officer or without a staff officer.
A staff officer may not be included in a vessel’s certificate of inspection.
A registered staff officer serving under this section who is a member of the Navy Reserve may wear on the officer’s uniform special distinguishing insignia prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.
The uniform stripes, decoration, or other insignia worn by a staff officer shall be of gold braid or woven gold or silver material. A crewmember (except a staff officer) may not wear any uniform with a staff officer’s identifying insignia.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 551; Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(4), May 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 67; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(f)(3)(A), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3236; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(b)(10), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4751.)
- 1983Enacted · Pub. L. 98-89 · 97 Stat. 551
- 1985Amended · Pub. L. 99-36 · 99 Stat. 67
- 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-163 · 119 Stat. 3236
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 4751
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-89 on 1983-08-26.
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