---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 51.3"
title: "33"
number: "51.3"
heading: "Applicability and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/51.3"
---

# §51.3. Applicability and scope.


The provisions of this part apply to the United States Coast Guard including reserve-components and all former members who have been discharged within 15 years of the date upon which application for review is received by the DRB. A former member may apply to the DRB for a change in the character of, and/or the reason for, the discharge. The Coast Guard DRB review is generally applicable only to administrative discharges, however, the DRB may review the discharge of a former member by sentence of a court-martial for the purpose of clemency. A petition for clemency will not be considered by the DRB unless the applicant has exhausted all appellate remedies. Upon a petition for clemency, the DRB shall consider only the equity of the discharge awarded.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 1553; 14 U.S.C. 501, 503; Department of Homeland Security Delegations No. 0160.1(II)(B)(1), 0170.1(II)(23).

### Source

Source: CGD 81-104, 50 FR 41495, Oct. 11, 1985, unless otherwise noted.