# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 11. Pilots

### Subtitle 5. Employment and Compensation of Pilots

#### Section 11-504

(a) A pilot is eligible for payments as an inactive pilot under Sec. 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:

  (1)

    (i) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and

    (ii) has been, for at least 25 years:

      (1) a member in good standing of the Association; and

      (2) licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft; or

  (2)

    (i)

      (1) has been certified by two physicians chosen by the Board to be permanently incapable of providing pilotage; or

      (2) has had a federal or State pilot's license revoked for physical disability; and

    (ii) before becoming permanently disabled, the pilot was:

      (1) a member in good standing of the Association; and

      (2) licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of any draft.

(b) A pilot is eligible for reduced payments as an inactive pilot under Sec. 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:

  (1) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and

  (2) has been, for at least 20 years:

    (i) a member in good standing of the Association; and

    (ii) licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft.

(c) Eligibility for payments as an inactive pilot shall cease if:

  (1) a pilot who was declared permanently incapable of providing pilotage becomes capable of providing pilotage; or

  (2) a pilot who had a federal or State pilot's license revoked for physical disability has the license reissued.

(d) Time of service as a licensed docking master on or before September 30, 2004, shall be included in determining a pilot's eligibility for payment as an inactive pilot.

(e) A pilot who held an unlimited docking master license on October 1, 2000, is eligible for reduced payments as an inactive pilot under Sec. 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:

  (1) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and

  (2) has been, for at least 5 years:

    (i) a member in good standing of the Association or of the Association of Maryland Docking Pilots; and

    (ii) licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)