Sec. 13.13  Application for a renewed or modified license.

    (a) Each application to renew a First Class Radiotelegraph 
Operator's Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's 
Certificate, Third Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Marine 
Radio Operator Permit, GMDSS Radio Operator's License, or GMDSS Radio 
Maintainer's License must be made on FCC Form 756. The application must 
be accompanied by the original document or a legible photocopy unless it 
has been lost, mutilated, or destroyed. If the license has been lost, 
mutilated, or destroyed, submit a written explanation. The application 
must be accompanied by the appropriate fee and submitted to the address 
specified in part 1 of the rules.
    (b) A licensee may submit an application for renewal of an unexpired 
license during the last year of the license term. If a license expires, 
application for renewal may be made during a grace period of five years 
after the expiration date without having to retake the required 
examinations. The application must be accompanied by the required fee 
and submitted to the address specified in part 1 of the rules. During 
the grace period, the expired license is not valid. A license renewed 
during the grace period will be effective as of the date of the renewal. 
Licensees who fail to renew their license within the grace period must 
apply for a new license and take the required examination(s).
    (c) Each application involving a change in operator class must be 
made on FCC Form 756. Each application for a commercial operator license 
involving a change in operator class must be accompanied by the required 
fee, if any, and submitted to the address specified in part 1 of the 
rules. The application must include:
    (1) An original PPC(s) from a COLEM(s) showing that the applicant 
has passed the necessary examination element(s) within the previous 365 
days, and
    (2) A copy of the applicable license(s) when the applicant claims 
credit for an examination element. The FCC will give credit only as 
specified below to an applicant holding any of the following documents:
    (i) An unexpired (or within the grace period) FCC-issued commercial 
radio operator license: the written examination and telegraphy 
Element(s) required to obtain the license held.
    (ii) An unexpired (or within the grace period) FCC-issued Amateur 
Extra Class operator license: Telegraphy Elements 1 and 2.
    (d) Provided that a person's commercial radio operator license was 
not revoked, or suspended, and is not the subject of an ongoing 
suspension proceeding, a person holding a General Radiotelephone 
Operator License, Marine

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Radio Operator Permit, First Class Radiotelegraph Operator's 
Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Third 
Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, GMDSS Radio Operator's 
License, or GMDSS Radio Maintainer's License, who has an application for 
another commercial radio operator license which has not yet been acted 
upon pending at the FCC and who holds a PPC(s) indicating that he or she 
passed the necessary examination(s) within the previous 365 days, is 
authorized to exercise the rights and privileges of the license for 
which the application is filed. This authority is valid for a period of 
90 days from the date the application is received. The FCC, in its 
discretion, may cancel this temporary conditional operating authority 
without a hearing.
    (e) The holder of a First Class Radiotelegraph Operator's 
Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Third 
Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, General Radiotelephone 
Operator License, Marine Radio Operator Permit, GMDSS Radio Operator's 
License, or GMDSS Radio Maintainer's License whose name is legally 
changed may obtain a modified license by filing a FCC Form 756 with a 
written explanation. The application must be accompanied by the required 
fee and submitted to the address specified in part 1 of the rules.
    (f) A licensee who has made application for a renewed or modified 
operator license or permit may exhibit a photocopy of their license in 
lieu of the original document.
[ 58 FR 9124 , Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at  59 FR 3795 , Jan. 27, 1994;  60 FR 27699 , May 25, 1995]