medical certificate
For medical certificate, occupation / regulator is merchant mariner (US Coast Guard); age / service condition is All persons employed or engaged onboard vessels to which STCW applies; operation / activity covered is onboard vessels to which STCW applies; valid for is valid for 2 years; citation is 46 CFR 10.301, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.
- Occupation / regulator
- merchant mariner (US Coast Guard) our reading
- Certificate and class
- medical certificate verified
- Age / service condition
- All persons employed or engaged onboard vessels to which STCW applies verified
- Operation / activity covered
- onboard vessels to which STCW applies verified
- Valid for
- valid for 2 years verified
- Citation
- 46 CFR 10.301 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
( 1 ) All persons employed or engaged onboard vessels to which STCW applies will be issued a medical certificate valid for 2 years unless the mariner is under the age of 18, in which case the maximum period of validity will be 1 year.
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-11
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-46/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-10/subpart-C/section-10.301