---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.157"
title: "47"
number: "80.157"
heading: "Radio officer defined."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.157"
---

# §80.157. Radio officer defined.


A radio officer means a person holding a First Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, or Radiotelegraph Operator License issued by the Commission, who is employed to operate a ship radio station in compliance with Part II of Title III of the Communications Act. Such a person is also required to be licensed as a radio officer by the U.S. Coast Guard when employed to operate a ship radiotelegraph station.


## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 90746, Dec. 15, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609; 3 U.S.T. 3450, 3 U.S.T. 4726, 12 U.S.T. 2377.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 90746, Dec. 15, 2016]