---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 163.03"
title: "33"
number: "163.03"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/163.03"
---

# §163.03. Definitions.


The following definition applies to this part:

Merchant mariner credential or MMC means the credential issued by the Coast Guard under [46 CFR part 10](/cfr/46/part10.md). It combines the individual merchant mariner's document, license, and certificate of registry enumerated in 46 U.S.C. subtitle II part E as well as the STCW endorsement into a single credential that serves as the mariner's qualification document, certificate of identification, and certificate of service.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11213, Mar. 16, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 152, 2071; 49 CFR l.46(n).

### Amendments

[USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11213, Mar. 16, 2009]