{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-9-7","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-9-7","heading":"Qualifications for original license.","body":"Every person who shall apply for an original license to act as a pilot in the waters of this state north of a line drawn from Point Judith to Sakonnet Point shall be a citizen or legal resident of the United States; shall possess a master’s license of unlimited tonnage, (any oceans) issued by a duly constituted authority of the United States; shall possess a federal first-class pilot’s endorsement covering the section of the waters of this state required by commission rules; shall possess a state’s pilot’s license for the waters of Block Island Sound; shall have completed training in his or her duties as a pilot over the route under the supervision of the board of state licensed pilots appointed by the commission for this purpose pursuant to commission rules; and shall conform to physical and mental standards and possess professional experience and qualifications as the commission shall, from time to time, establish and require.","path":["Title 46 Waters and Navigation","Chapter 9 Pilots — Rhode Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, Sakonnet River, and Tributaries"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE46/46-9/46-9-7.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:01:02Z","sha256":"bfe50ae86aa1e76ed4ac54b99cb960dece772c59c8264400ee42efb6f76c8968","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-9-6","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-9-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}