---identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s11.803"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "46 CFR § 11.803 - Staff departments."title_number: 46title_name: "Shipping"section_number: "11.803"section_name: "Staff departments."chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"subchapter_number: "B"subchapter_name: "MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN"part_number: "11"part_name: "REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICER ENDORSEMENTS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, and 2110; 46 U.S.C. chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. 7502, 7505, 7701, 8903, 8904, 8906, and 70105; E.O. 10173; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 11.107 is also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507."regulatory_source: "USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77909, Dec. 24, 2013, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "11"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t46/s11.803
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
Authority
14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, and 2110; 46 U.S.C. chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. 7502, 7505, 7701, 8903, 8904, 8906, and 70105; E.O. 10173; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.... 14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, and 2110; 46 U.S.C. chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. 7502, 7505, 7701, 8903, 8904, 8906, and 70105; E.O. 10173; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 11.107 is also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.
# 11.803 Staff departments.(a) Title 46 U.S.C. 8302 contains the requirements for staff departments on U.S. flag vessels.(b) Title 46 U.S.C. 8302 does not apply to—(1) A fishing or whaling vessel or yacht;(2) A vessel operated only on bays, sounds, inland waters, and lakes (other than the Great Lakes); and(3) A vessel ferrying passengers and cars on the Great Lakes.