{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s7508","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7508.","heading":"Authority to extend the duration of medical certificates","text":"\u00a7\u202f7508.\nAuthority to extend the duration of medical certificates\n(a)\nGranting of Extensions.\u2014\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may extend for not more than one year a medical certificate issued to an individual holding a license, merchant mariner\u2019s document, or certificate of registry issued under chapter 71 or 73 if the Secretary determines that the extension is required to enable the Coast Guard to eliminate a backlog in processing applications for medical certificates or is in response to a national emergency or natural disaster.\n(b)\nManner of Extension.\u2014\nAn extension under this section may be granted to an individual or a specifically identified group of individuals.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s7508.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7508","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7508."},{"t":"heading","text":"Authority to extend the duration of medical certificates"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7508/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Granting of Extensions.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may extend for not more than one year a medical certificate issued to an individual holding a license, merchant mariner\u2019s document, or certificate of registry issued under chapter 71 or 73 if the Secretary determines that the extension is required to enable the Coast Guard to eliminate a backlog in processing applications for medical certificates or is in response to a national emergency or natural disaster.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7508/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Manner of Extension.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"An extension under this section may be granted to an individual or a specifically identified group of individuals.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}