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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 08.18.35.10" title_num="08" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="35" heading="Boating Safety Education Certificate.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A person born after July 1, 1980, may not operate a vessel that is required to be numbered, without obtaining a certificate of boating safety education from this State or another state by satisfactorily completing a course of instruction in boating safety administered by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The U.S. Power Squadron;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A person certified to teach the course administered by West Virginia or Maryland Natural Resources Boating Safety Education personnel.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A person who is subject to §A of this regulation shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Possess a certificate of boating safety education when operating a vessel on the Lake; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Show the certificate on demand of a law enforcement officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The following persons are exempt from this section:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A resident of a state other than Maryland or West Virginia who is visiting the Lake for 60 days or less in a vessel that is numbered in another state if the person:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is 15 years old or older, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Has been issued a boating safety certificate, if required by that state, in accordance with the criteria of the National Association of Boating Law Administrators;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A person visiting the Lake for 90 days or less in a vessel from a country other than the United States; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A person who is operating a vessel in connection with commercial purposes.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>