FCC Regulations - Part 97 Amateur Radio Service
[Effective Oct 1, 2006.]
Subpart F Qualifying Examination Systems
Sec. 97.525 Accrediting VEs.
(a) No VEC may accredit a person as a VE if:
(1) The person does not meet minimum VE statutory qualifications or
minimum qualifications as prescribed by this part;
(2) The FCC does not accept the voluntary and uncompensated services
of the person;
(3) The VEC determines that the person is not competent to perform
the VE functions; or
(4) The VEC determines that questions of the person's integrity or
honesty could compromise the examinations.
(b) Each VEC must seek a broad representation of amateur operators
to be VEs. No VEC may discriminate in accrediting VEs on the basis of
race, sex, religion or national origin; nor on the basis of membership
(or lack thereof) in an amateur service organization; nor on the basis
of the person accepting or declining to accept reimbursement.
