§ 46-9-10. Examination of applicants.
(a) The commission shall conduct the examination of applicants for pilot’s licenses, at a time and place as it shall, after due notice, direct. It shall examine the applicants with relation to their qualifications for the office of pilot. Each applicant shall be examined in particular concerning his or her knowledge of the tides, depths, bearings, and distances of the shoals, rocks, bars, and points of land and night lights in the navigation for which he or she applies for a license to act as pilot, and also touching any other matter relating thereto which the commission may deem proper.
(b) If, upon examination, the commission finds the person so applying to:
(1) Possess the requisite physical and mental standards;
(2) Be of good character and temperate habits; and
(3) Have sufficient ability, knowledge, aptitude, and skill, and professional experience, and to have satisfied the requisites of § 46-9-7, the commission shall grant him or her such class of license to act as pilot as it shall deem advisable.
History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 388, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
Chapter 46-9 - Pilots — Rhode Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, Sakonnet River, and Tributaries
Section 46-9-1. - Declaration of policy.
Section 46-9-2. - Vessels required to employ state licensed pilot — “Vessel” defined.
Section 46-9-3. - Vessels exempt from chapter.
Section 46-9-4. - Piloting without license.
Section 46-9-4.1. - Piloting without charts.
Section 46-9-5. - Pilotage commission.
Section 46-9-6. - Duties of commission.
Section 46-9-7. - Qualifications for original license.
Section 46-9-8. - Regulation of pilot boats.
Section 46-9-9. - Temporary pilot licenses — Emergencies.
Section 46-9-10. - Examination of applicants.
Section 46-9-11. - Deferment of applications for future examination.
Section 46-9-12. - Duration and renewal of licenses.
Section 46-9-13. - License fees.
Section 46-9-14. - Fall River pilots.
Section 46-9-15. - Prior licensees.
Section 46-9-16. - Pilot’s bond.
Section 46-9-17. - Liability for fees.
Section 46-9-18. - Lien for pilotage fees.
Section 46-9-19. - Commissions prohibited.
Section 46-9-20. - Accounts of fees — Payments to state — Use of funds.
Section 46-9-21. - Payment of pilotage fees.
Section 46-9-22. - Grounds for disciplinary action.
Section 46-9-22.1. - Grounds for minor disciplinary action.
Section 46-9-22.2. - Chemical test — Consent — Administration — Use as evidence — Refusal to submit.
Section 46-9-23. - Contest — Notice and opportunity to be heard.
Section 46-9-24. - Reinstatement following suspension.
Section 46-9-25. - Appeals from commission.
Section 46-9-26. - Penalty for violations.
Section 46-9-27. - Criminal penalty for intentional or grossly negligent violation — Felony.
Section 46-9-28. - Penalties — Misdemeanor.
Section 46-9-29. - Proceedings for enforcement — Injunctive relief.
Section 46-9-30. - Surrender of suspended or revoked license.
Section 46-9-31. - Appropriations.
Section 46-9-32. - Quarters and personnel for commission.