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, Restricted GMDSS Radio Operator's License, GMDSS
   Radio Maintainer's License, or GMDSS Radio Operator/Maintainer License must
   be  made  on  FCC Form 605. The application must be accompanied by the
   appropriate fee and submitted in accordance with  Sec. 1.913 of this chapter.

   (b) 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 in accordance with  Sec. 1.913 of this chapter. 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 filed on
   FCC Form 605. Each application for a commercial operator license involving a
   change in operator class must be accompanied by the required fee, if any,
   and submitted in accordance with  Sec. 1.913 of this chapter. The application
   must include an original PPC(s) from a COLEM(s) showing that the applicant
   has passed the necessary examinations element(s) within the previous 365
   days  when  the  applicant files the application. If a COLEM files the
   application electronically on behalf of the applicant an original PPC(s) is
   not required. However, the COLEM must keep the PPC(s) on file for a period
   of 1 year.

   (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  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,
   Restricted GMDSS Radio Operator's License, GMDSS Radio Maintainer's License,
   or GMDSS Radio Operator/Maintainer 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 temporary conditional operating authority is valid for a
   period of 90 days from the date the application is received. This temporary
   conditional  operating  authority does not relieve the licensee of the
   obligation to comply with the certification requirements of the Standards of
   Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention. The FCC, in its
   discretion,  may cancel this temporary conditional operating authority
   without a hearing.

   (e)  An  applicant  will be given credit for an examination element as
   specified below:

   (1) 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; and

   (2) An expired or unexpired FCC-issued Amateur Extra Class operator license
   document granted before April 15, 2000: Telegraphy Elements 1 and 2.

   [ 58 FR 9124 , Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at  60 FR 27699 , May 25, 1995;  63 FR 68942 , Dec. 14, 1998;  66 FR 20752 , Apr. 25, 2001;  68 FR 46959 , Aug. 7, 2003]