§  97.9   Operator license grant.

   (a) The classes of amateur operator license grants are: Novice,
   Technician, Technician Plus (until such licenses expire, a Technical
   Class license granted before February 14, 1991, is considered a
   Technician Plus Class license), General, Advanced, and Amateur Extra.
   The person named in the operator license grant is authorized to be the
   control operator of an amateur station with the privileges authorized
   to the operator class specified on the license grant.

   (b) The person named in an operator license grant of Novice,
   Technician, Technician Plus, General or Advanced Class, who has
   properly submitted to the administering VEs a FCC Form 605 document
   requesting examination for an operator license grant 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.

   [ 63 FR 68978 , Dec. 14, 1998, as amended at  65 FR 6549 , Feb. 10, 2000]