§  97.9   Operator license grant.

   (a) The classes of amateur operator license grants are: Novice,
   Technician, 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, 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.

   [ 75 FR 78169 , Dec. 15, 2010]