---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 107.12"
title: "14"
number: "107.12"
heading: "Requirement for a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/107.12"
---

# §107.12. Requirement for a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, no person may manipulate the flight controls of a small unmanned aircraft system unless:
  - (1) That person has a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating issued pursuant to [subpart C](/cfr/14/subpartC.md) of this part and satisfies the requirements of [§ 107.65](/cfr/14/107.65.md); or
  - (2) That person is under the direct supervision of a remote pilot in command and the remote pilot in command has the ability to immediately take direct control of the flight of the small unmanned aircraft.
- (b) Except as provided in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, no person may act as a remote pilot in command unless that person has a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating issued pursuant to [Subpart C](/cfr/14/subpartC.md) of this part and satisfies the requirements of [§ 107.65](/cfr/14/107.65.md).
- (c) The Administrator may, consistent with international standards, authorize an airman to operate a civil foreign-registered small unmanned aircraft without an FAA-issued remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101 note, 40103(b), 44701(a)(5), 46105(c), 46110, 44807.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 107-1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, unless otherwise noted.