Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 80 - Law Enforcement › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 9 - Rhode Island State Pilotage Commission Rules and Regulations › Section 250-RICR-80-00-9.15 - Pilot Boat

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Pilots and Pilot
				  Boats, Exception to Rules
In the case of an emergency or due to conditions beyond the
					 control of the pilot, or the owner or operator of a pilot boat where Rhode
					 Island State Pilotage Commission Rules and Regulations cannot be observed, said
					 pilot, owner or operator of said pilot boat shall, within twenty-four (24)
					 hours of reaching shore, make a preliminary report to the Pilotage Commission
					 and may be required to give a detailed written report and appear before the
					 Commission in person.
B.
				  Records to be Kept by Pilots or their Agent: Report to Commission
The pilot or pilot's agent, shall maintain records and
					 shall when requested, report to the Commission at the office of the Commission
					 every vessel piloted by him or her, specifying the name, draft, nationality,
					 where boarded, destination, time of boarding if inward bound, time of leaving
					 if outward bound or transported, extra services rendered, the length of any
					 detention of the pilot on board at an anchorage or elsewhere, the name of any
					 pilot apprentice or other person accompanying him or her. Such reports shall be
					 made at such time as the Commission may require. The pilots shall also keep
					 records, which at all times shall be open to the Commission and to the
					 personnel of the Commission. If the records so kept do not contain information,
					 which the Commission may think necessary, the Commission shall direct the
					 pilots to keep their records in such manner, as the Commission may think
					 requisite.
C. Absence of
				  Pilot from Duty: Active and Inactive Status: Notification to Commission:
				  Refresher Pages
1. Whenever any pilot is
				  absent from duty for any cause, whatsoever, for more than sixty (60) days, he
				  or she shall inform the Commission in writing, or cause them to be informed, as
				  to the reason for, and the probable length of his or her absence from
				  duty.
2. However, any pilot who has
				  been away from duty for a period of six (6) months or longer, or has not
				  completed a passage through the waters of his or her commission during this
				  period shall be placed on inactive status and shall complete at two (2)
				  round-trip passages over each route for which that pilot is licensed by the
				  Commission before resuming his or her pilotage duties as an active status
				  pilot. One (1) of the required round trip passages shall be completed during
				  the night time. The refresher passages shall be made as an observer in the
				  company of an active pilot who is licensed by the Commission in the same or
				  higher grade.
3. Furthermore, such
				  pilot, before resuming his or her pilotage duties, shall submit to the
				  Commission a list of completed refresher passages including the name, gross
				  tons and draft of each ship involved, a description and date of each passage,
				  and the name of the attending pilot. In addition, such pilot may be required to
				  appear before the Commission prior to resumption of his or her piloting
				  duties.
4. The Commission at its
				  discretion may require that the pilot present evidence demonstrating that he or
				  she has successfully completed pilot simulation training as designated by the
				  Commission prior to being authorized to return to active status.