California Code of Regulations › Title 7 - Harbors and Navigation › Division 2 - State Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 202 - Other Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) "719K form"
				means the Application for Medical Certificate, Form CG-719K (04/17), which is
				hereby incorporated by reference, issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland
				Security, U.S. Coast Guard.
(b)
				"Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun" means all the waters of those
				bays and of the tributaries, ports and harbors of those bays, and includes the
				water areas from the south end of San Francisco Bay and from the Ports of
				Sacramento and Stockton to the Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) "Board-appointed physician" means a
				physician who has been appointed by the Board as either an examining physician
				or a Medical Review Officer.
(d)
				"Certificate of completion" means the certificate given by the Board to a pilot
				trainee notifying the trainee that he or she has successfully completed the
				training program.
(e) "Chemical
				test" means a scientifically recognized test which analyzes an individual's
				breath, blood, urine, saliva, bodily fluids, or tissues for evidence of
				dangerous drug or alcohol use.
(f)
				"Conflict of interest code" means those provisions in Section
				222 which define conflicts of
				interest for licensees of the Board.
(g) "Conflict of interest code of the Board"
				means those provisions in Section
				212.5 which define conflicts of
				interest for designated employees of the Board.
(h) "Dangerous drug" means a narcotic drug, a
				controlled substance, marihuana, or a controlled-substance analogue (as defined
				in Section 102 of the federal Comprehensive
				Drug Abuse and Control Act of 1970 (Title 21, U.S. Code, Section
				802)).
(i) "Examining physician"
				means a physician who meets the eligibility requirements of Section
				217.45(b) and has
				been appointed by the Board to perform the duties of an examining physician
				that are set forth in these regulations.
(j) "Executive Director" means the individual
				appointed by the Board pursuant to Section
				211.
(k) "Fails a chemical test for dangerous
				drugs" means that the result of a chemical test conducted in accordance with
				Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 40 is verified as "positive" for
				the presence of dangerous drugs or drug metabolites in an individual's system
				and reported in accordance with that part.
(l) "Fitness evaluation" means an evaluation
				by Board-appointed physicians to determine whether pilot trainees and pilots
				are mentally and physically fit to perform their duties. A fitness evaluation
				may but does not necessarily include the "medical assessment" described in
				Section 217.15.
(m) "FRMS" means fatigue risk management
				system.
(n) "Investigator" means a
				person employed by or under contract with the Board and assigned to investigate
				a navigational incident involving a vessel piloted by a pilot licensed by the
				Board, or any other matter for which a pilot's license may be revoked or
				suspended pursuant to these regulations, including a possible conflict of
				interest as set forth in Section
				222, or to investigate reports of
				suspected pilot ladder or pilot hoist safety violations.
(o) "Medical assessment" means the
				comprehensive physical and medical evaluation process described in Section
				217.15.
(p) "Medical Review Officer" means a
				physician who meets the eligibility requirements of Section
				217.45(c) and has
				been appointed by the Board to perform the duties of a Medical Review Officer
				that are set forth in these regulations.
(q) "Merchant Mariner Medical Manual" means
				CIM 16721.48 Merchant Mariner Medical Manual (08/19), issued by the U.S. Coast
				Guard, herein incorporated by reference.
(r) "Monterey Bay" means all the waters of
				that bay and of the tributaries, ports and harbors of that bay.
(s) "Pilot" means an individual licensed as a
				pilot by the Board.
(t) "Pilot
				Evaluation Committee" means the committee appointed by the Board pursuant to
				Section 209.
(u) "Pilot trainee" or "trainee" means a
				person who is training as a pilot in the pilot trainee training program
				established by the Board.
(v)
				"Pilotage grounds" means all waters extending eastward from the precautionary
				area surrounding buoy SF to, and including, the Bays of San Francisco, San
				Pablo and Suisun, and also includes the waters of Monterey Bay, eastward of a
				straight line drawn between Point Santa Cruz Light and Point Pinos
				Light.
(w) "Portable Pilot Unit"
				means a portable, computer-based system that a pilot brings on board a vessel
				to use as a decision/support tool for navigating in confined waters.
(x) "Port Agent" means the individual
				identified in Section
				218.
(y) "Serious Marine Incident" means an event
				or events that meet the definition of "Serious Marine Incident" under
				Title 46, Code of Federal
				Regulations, Section 4.03-2.
(z) "Training program" or "Program" means the
				standards and procedures for training pilots and pilot trainees adopted by the
				Board as contained in Sections
				214 and
				215.
Note: Authority cited: Section 1154, Harbors and Navigation
					 Code. Reference: Sections 1101(e), 1101(h), 1110, 1113, 1114, 1114.5, 1154,
					 1156, 1156.5, 1156.6, 1170.3, 1171.5, 1176, 1176.5, 1180, 1180.3, 1181 and
					 1196.5, Harbors and Navigation Code; Title 21, U.S. Code, Section 802; Title
					 46, Code of Federal
					 Regulations, Sections 4.03-2,
					 97.90-1 and
					 108.719, subparts 163.002 and
					 163.003 and Part 16; and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 40.
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 1154,
					 Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Sections
					 1101(e),
					 1101(h),
					 1110,
					 1113,
					 1114,
					 1114.5,
					 1154,
					 1156,
					 1156.5,
					 1156.6,
					 1170.3,
					 1171.5,
					 1176,
					 1176.5,
					 1180,
					 1180.3
					 and
					 1181,
					 Harbors and Navigation Code; Title 21, U.S. Code, Section
					 802; Title 46, Code of Federal
					 Regulations, Sections
					 4.03-2,
					 97.90-1 and
					 108.719, subparts 163.002 and
					 163.003, and Part 16; and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part
					 40.