---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 5.19"
title: "46"
number: "5.19"
heading: "Administrative Law Judge."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/5.19"
---

# §5.19. Administrative Law Judge.

- (a) An Administrative Law Judge shall mean any person designated by the Commandant pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act ([5 U.S.C. 556(b)](/usc/5/556.md?p=b) for the purpose of conducting hearings arising under 46 U.S.C. [7703](/usc/46/7703.md) or [7704](/usc/46/7704.md).
- (b) The Commandant has delegated to Administrative Law Judges the authority to admonish, suspend, with or without probation, or revoke a credential or endorsement issued to a person by the Coast Guard under any navigation or shipping law.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 82-002, 50 FR 32184, Aug. 9, 1985, as amended by USCG-2004-18884, 69 FR 58341, Sept. 30, 2004; USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11214, Mar. 16, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 7101, 7301, 7701; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-002, 50 FR 32184, Aug. 9, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 82-002, 50 FR 32184, Aug. 9, 1985, as amended by USCG-2004-18884, 69 FR 58341, Sept. 30, 2004; USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11214, Mar. 16, 2009]