Sec. 97.505  Element credit.

    (a) The administering VEs must give credit as specified below to an 
examinee holding any of the following documents:
    (1) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for 
renewal) FCC-granted Advanced Class operator license document: Elements 
1(B), 2, 3(A), 3(B), and 4(A).
    (2) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for 
renewal) FCC-granted General Class operator license document: Elements 
1(b), 2, 3(A), and 3(B).
    (3) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for 
renewal) FCC-granted Technician Plus Class operator (including a 
Technician Class operator license granted before February 14, 1991) 
license document: Elements 1(A), 2, and 3(A).
    (4) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for 
renewal) FCC-granted Technician Class operator license document: 
Elements 2 and 3(A).
    (5) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for 
renewal) FCC-granted Novice Class operator license document: Elements 
1(A) and 2.
    (6) A CSCE: Each element the CSCE indicates the examinee passed 
within the previous 365 days.

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    (7) An unexpired (or expired for less than 5 years) FCC-issued 
commercial radiotelegraph operator license document or permit: Element 
1(C).
    (8) An expired or unexpired FCC-issued Technician Class operator 
license document granted before March 21, 1987: Element 3(B).
    (9) An expired or unexpired FCC-issued Technician Class license 
document granted before February 14, 1991: Element 1(A).
    (10) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for 
renewal), FCC-granted Novice, Technician Plus (including a Technician 
Class operator license granted before February 14, 1991), General, or 
Advanced Class operator license document, and an FCC Form 610 
containing:
    (i) A physician's certification stating that because the person is 
an individual with a severe handicap, the duration of which will extend 
for more than 365 days beyond the date of the certification, the person 
is unable to pass a 13 or 20 words per minute telegraphy examination; 
and
    (ii) A release signed by the person permitting the disclosure to the 
FCC of medical information pertaining to the person's handicap: Element 
1(C).
    (b) No examination credit, except as herein provided, shall be 
allowed on the basis of holding or having held any other license grant 
or document.
[ 59 FR 54834 , Nov. 2, 1994]