(1) An investigator hired by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and assigned to work with the Board of Pilot Commissioners shall possess the following minimum qualifications:

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    (a) Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university; and
    (b) Two years of regulatory inspection experience, or two years sworn law enforcement or investigatory experience.
    (2) In place of or in addition to those qualifications listed in (1) above, an investigator hired by the Department and assigned to work with the Board shall possess active duty experience as a licensed deck officer in the United States Merchant Marine and/or experience in the maritime industry.
    (3) Such investigator shall assist and advise the Board on matters pertaining to Rules of the Road, Federal Regulations, development of continuing education, requirements for radar qualification, establishment of drug testing programs and the promulgation of board rules and proposed piloting legislation necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare and preserve the environment. The investigator shall act as liaison between the Board and the United States Coast Guard and the law enforement officers of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Rulemaking Authority 310.185 FS. Law Implemented 310.051, 455.203(8) FS. History-New 2-23-82, Amended 7-13-82, Formerly 21SS-8.08, 21SS-8.008, 21SS-10.006, Amended 3-17-96.