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TO: Handicapped/disabled applicants seeking exemption for the Amateur Radio 13
or 20 words-per-minute Morse code examination requirements as permitted by
FCC Rules Section 97.505(a)(5)(i)(ii):
Dear applicant:
It is the intent of the FCC's allowance for exemption/credit of the FCC's
Morse code examination requirement for the General, Advanced or Amateur Extra
class license, that you are permitted to apply for exemption/credit if you are
not able to pass the 13 or 20 WPM Morse code examination due to the severity
of your handicap or disability. The FCC will not exempt you from the initial
5 WPM Morse code requirement, however.
To begin, the FCC provides guidance to you and your Physician within the
enclosed FCC Fact Sheet.
Taking the FCCs guidance into account in considering the exemption/credit
option, we hope that you have at least attempted to pass the examination using
the new, more flexible, examination procedures announced by the FCC, which
include:
1. Where warranted, we may now offer you a sending test (instead of a
receiving test).
2. Where warranted, we may pause the tape for you to allow you to speak out
what you have copied. Or, we can allow you the necessary time to write
down what you have copied by pausing the tape after phrases/sentences; or
in groups of words; or by individual word, or in extreme cases where
warranted letter-by-letter.
In most cases, the above flexibility will allow you to pass the Morse code
examination on your own--therefore not requiring an exemption of the Morse
code requirement because these procedures may have accommodated you severe
handicap or disability.
Attached is a Physician's Certification of Disability and Patient's Release
form. After it is completed, you must submit this document directly to a VEC
accredited VE Team (this may be the team who is administering your written
exam[s]). As required by the FCC, you must currently hold at least a Novice
license, or a license which conveys credit for having passed a Morse code
examination element, and you must already have earned credit for the necessary
written exams for either the Technician (Element 3A) plus the General (Element
3B), Advanced (Element 4A) or Amateur Extra class (Element 4B).
In order for your Physician's Certification to be accepted for
exemption/credit by a VE Team, we recommend that you review the following
check list to ensure that your certification will be acceptable:
* The Physician's Certification must be completed by both your Physician as
well as by you.
* The completed Physician's Certification (made by Medical Doctors or Doctors
of Osteopathy, only!) contains an original Physician's signature in original
penmanship. The signature is not a signature stamp, nor is it a photocopy.
* The certification must be dated by the Physician.
* You already hold, or intend to take at the session, the necessary written
elements required toward an upgrade.
If your Physician's Certification meets the above requirements, then your
request must be presented to an ARRL/VEC VE Team with a check or money order
in the amount of $5.25 for 1991 or $5.40 for 1992 (our standard processing
fee). Only VEC-accredited VE Teams may process your request because they must
provide you with a CSCE indicating that you have been given Element 1C
exemption/credit for presenting your correctly-completed Physician's
Certification.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the ARRL/VEC. The
number is: (203)-666-1541. Our address is: ARRL/VEC, 225 Main Street,
Newington, CT 06111.
73,
Bart J. Jahnke, KB9NM
Manager, ARRL/VEC ARRL/VEC 11/91
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DOCTOR
You have been presented with these instructions and certification form for the
purpose of certifying to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that the
patient under your care will not be able to pass the required 13 or 20 words-
per-minute Amateur Radio Morse code examination because the patient suffers
from one or more severe handicap(s) in accordance with Section
97.505(a)(5)(i)(ii) of the FCC Rules.
Since you may not be aware of what the examination entails, here is a
description of the examination and the allowable procedures for examining
someone who has one or more severe handicaps or disabilities. (See also the
attached FCC Fact Sheet).
The Morse code is usually presented via audio as a series of dot and dash
sequences sent at a particular speed. Other types of presentations include
flashing lights and/or a tactile pad. The dots/dashes translate into
individual characters of the alphabet; numbers 0-9; punctuation involving the
period, comma, question mark, fraction bar (/); and three procedural signs
made up of two-letter combinations. For example, the letter "A" in Morse code
is dot-dash; the number "1" is dot-dash-dash-dash-dash and the period "." is
dot-dash-dot-dash-dot-dash.
The applicant is required to communicate to the examiners information
regarding the content of the Morse code message that is presented in the
examination. The reasons a person might not be able to pass the test include
audio/visual input processing disorders, the inability to communicate the
information which has been comprehended, or other similar difficulties. On
the preceding page is an FCC Fact Sheet which will provide you with additional
information.
The FCC makes flexible procedures available to the examiners in order to allow
the patient to convey the translated Morse code information to the examiners.
The examiners may write for the patient--if the patient cannot do so. The
examiners may allow the patient to send the Morse code (in dot dash sequences)
instead of having the patient listen and translate [this is especially helpful
for hearing impaired patients]. The examiners may pause the Morse code exam
audio tape recording so that the patient may keep up with the pace of the
exam--where warranted the tape may be paused in groups of words, sentences or
phrases; or after each word; or after each character.
We are looking to you as the expert to certify that the patient will not be
able to participate in the examination process. Be aware that medical
information as it pertains to the handicap or disability must be made
available to the FCC upon their request as authorized by the patient's signed
release.
Note that you may only make this certification
if the duration of your patient's handicap will
extend for more than 365 days beyond the
certification date.
Only this format is acceptable by the FCC, so please complete (fill in the
blanks) this form as indicated.
Your certification must be returned to the patient who will present it to the
examiners so that it may be forwarded to the Federal Communications
Commission.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
American Radio Relay League
Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Office
ARRL/VEC - 225 Main Street - Newington, CT 06111 (203) 666-1541 ext. 251 11/91
PHYSICIAN's CERTIFICATION
TO: Applicants seeking exemption for the Amateur Radio 13 or 20 words-per-
minute Morse code examination requirements as permitted by FCC Rules
Section 97.505(a)(5)(i)(ii):
The following Physician's Certification and Release form must accompany your
FCC Form 610 license application when you attend a VEC test session. This
fill-in-the-blank format was provided by the FCC.
This certification must be made by your physician. The Physician's signature
must be made in original penmanship. The signature may not be a copy or
signature stamp. If the certification is not completed following these
instructions, the application will be returned to the applicant.
_______________________________________________________________________________
PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATION OF DISABILITY
Physician's Name______________________________________________
Physician's Address___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Office Telephone Number (______)______________________________
I certify that _______________________________________ is severely
handicapped, the duration of which will extend for more than 365 days beyond
the date of this certification. Because of this severe handicap, this
individual is unable to pass a 13 (or 20) words per minute telegraphy
examination for an amateur operator license.
I am licensed to practice in a place where the amateur service is regulated by
the Federal Communications Commission as a doctor of medicine (M.D.) or a
doctor of osteopathy (D.O.).
WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. U.S.
CODE TITLE 18, SECTION 1001.
________________________________________ (M.D. or D.O.) Date: ______________
(Signature of Physician) Stamp unacceptable
______________________________________________________
Physician's name (typed or printed)
PATIENT'S RELEASE
Authorization is hereby given to the physician named above, who participated
in my care, to release to the Federal Communications Commission any medical
information deemed necessary to process my application for an amateur radio
license.
______________________________________________________
(Applicant's Signature)
______________________________________________________
Applicant's Name (typed or printed)
*EOF