§15104 National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee

Summary

Creates a National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee to give advice to the Secretary on medical issues for merchant mariners. It must help with medical decisions for licenses and documents, set medical fitness standards for commercial vessel operators, guide training for medical examiners, and advise on medical research. The Committee must have 14 members chosen by the Secretary under the law. Members must have relevant expertise. Nine must be health-care professionals with experience in mariner medical exams or occupational medicine, and five must be professional mariners with experience in mariner job requirements.