Sec. 97.9  Operator license.

    (a) The classes of amateur operator licenses are: Novice, 
Technician, Technician Plus (until such licenses expire, a Technician 
Class license granted before February 14, 1991, is considered a 
Technician Plus Class license), General, Advanced, and Amateur Extra. A 
person who has been granted an operator license is authorized to be the 
control operator of an amateur station with the privileges of the 
operator class specified on the license.
    (b) A person who has been granted an operator license of Novice, 
Technician, Technician Plus, General, or Advanced class and who has 
properly submitted to the administering VEs an application document, FCC 
Form 610, for an operator license of a higher class, and who holds a 
CSCE indicating that the person has completed the necessary examinations 
within the previous 365 days, is authorized to exercise the rights and 
privileges of the higher operator class until final disposition of the 
application or until 365 days following the passing of the examination, 
whichever comes first.
[ 59 FR 54832 , Nov. 2, 1994]