Sec. 80.1005  Inspection of station.

    The bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone station will be inspected on 
vessels subject to regular inspections pursuant to the requirements of 
Parts II and III of Title III of the Communications Act, the Safety 
Convention or the Great Lakes Agreement at the time of the regular 
inspection. If after such inspection, the Commission determines that the 
Bridge-to-Bridge Act, the rules of the Commission and the station 
license are met, an endorsement will be made on the appropriate 
document. The validity of the endorsement will run concurrently with the 
period of the regular inspection. Each vessel must carry a certificate 
with a valid endorsement while subject to the Bridge-to-Bridge Act. All 
other bridge-to-bridge stations will be inspected from time to time. An 
inspection of the bridge-to-bridge station on a Great Lakes Agreement 
vessel must normally be made at the same time as the Great Lakes 
Agreement inspection is conducted by a technician holding one of the 
following: a General Radiotelephone Operator License, a GMDSS Radio 
Maintainer's License, a Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's 
Certificate, or a First Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate. 
Additionally, the technician must not be the vessel's owner, operator, 
master, or an employee of any of them. Ships subject to the Bridge-to-
Bridge Act may, in lieu of an endorsed certificate, certify compliance 
in the station log required by section .409(f).
[51 80 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  61 FR 25807 , May 23, 1996]