Florida Statute 310.073 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XXII
PORTS AND HARBORS

Chapter 310
PILOTS, PILOTING, AND PILOTAGE

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F.S. 310.073

310.073 State pilot licensing.—In addition to meeting other requirements specified in this chapter, each applicant for license as a state pilot must:

(1) Be at least 21 years of age, as evidenced by a copy of a birth certificate or other legal proof of age.

(2) Have successfully completed 12 years of formal education, as evidenced by a high school diploma or by equivalent evidence thereof that is satisfactory to the board.

(3) Be in good physical and mental health, as evidenced by documentary proof of having satisfactorily passed a complete physical examination administered by a licensed physician within the preceding 6 months. The board shall adopt rules to establish requirements for passing the physical examination, which rules shall establish minimum standards for the physical or mental capabilities necessary to carry out the professional duties of a licensed state pilot. Such standards shall include zero tolerance for any controlled substance regulated under chapter 893 unless that individual is under the care of a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant and that controlled substance was prescribed by that physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant. To maintain eligibility as a licensed state pilot, each licensed state pilot must annually provide documentary proof of having satisfactorily passed a complete physical examination administered by a licensed physician. The physician must know the minimum standards and certify that the licensee satisfactorily meets the standards. The standards for licensees shall include a drug test.

(4) Have had at least 2 years of service as a deputy pilot in the port in which license as a licensed state pilot is desired, which service must have been attained during the period immediately preceding the examination required under s. 310.081(1). Further, at the time of application, each applicant must have a valid United States Coast Guard first-class unlimited pilot’s license covering all of the waters of the port in which license as a state pilot is desired and must have successfully completed the board-approved deputy pilot training program in the port in which license as a state pilot is desired.

History.—ss. 4, 11, ch. 86-280; s. 2, ch. 89-262; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 342, ch. 94-119; s. 3, ch. 2016-224; s. 12, ch. 2018-106.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 310.073

Total Results: 4

Saichek v. Cab Builders, LLC

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-09-08

Citation: 45 So. 3d 883, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 13386, 2010 WL 3488976

Snippet: Riehle v. Margolies, 279 U.S. 218, 223, 49 S.Ct. 310, 73 L.Ed. 669 (1929)). Accordingly, we find that the

Haire v. Overseas Holdings Ltd. Partnership

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-08-12

Citation: 908 So. 2d 580, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 12533, 2005 WL 1923436

Snippet: Riehle v. Margolies, 279 U.S. 218, 223, 49 S.Ct. 310, 73 L.Ed. 669 (1929) (citation omitted). As the Supreme

Tobler v. Beckett

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1974-06-26

Citation: 297 So. 2d 59

Snippet: A.T. COOPER, III, et al., Appellees. Nos. 73-310, 73-311. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second

Harvey v. Board of Public Instruction

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1931-04-21

Citation: 133 So. 868, 101 Fla. 273

Snippet: not be assumed (Hopkins v. Road District, 74 So. 310, 73 Fla. 247). The general law upon which appellees