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The Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee and its working groups will meet via teleconference to discuss matters relating to medical certification determinations for issuance of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners’ documents, medical standards and guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of commercial vessels, medical examiner education, and medical research.

Dates/Times:
April 29, 2020, from 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. The teleconference may adjourn early if the Committee has completed its business.

For access to documents or comments related to this notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov and type docket number USCG-2020-0095 in the “Search” box.

The full agenda is available in the Federal Register Notice. To join the teleconference or to request special accommodations, contact Ms. Megan Johns Henry, Alternate Designated Federal Officer of the Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee, telephone 202-372-1255, fax 202-372-4908 or megan.c.johns@uscg.mil.

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