b'U.S. COAST GUARDU.S. COAST GUARD Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate Application BacklogO n June 26, the U.S. Coast Reviewyourapplicationtoensure JPEGandotherformatsare Guard National Maritime itiscompletepriortosubmission. notaccepted.Center (NMC) announcedPleasereviewtheCoastGuardsthey are experiencing a backlog of websitetoavoidcommonmedical Donotsenddrugtestresultswithmedicalcertificateapplications.PVA certificateapplicationerrors. yourmedicalcertificate members have experienced these de- applications(CG-719K).Drug laysandPVAhasvoicedourconcern Checkyourmedicalcertificate testingresultsshouldbesenttoNMCleadership. expirationdateandapply90days withyourMMCapplicationtobeforeitexpires. MMCApplications@uscg.mil.TheNMCrecommendsyousubmityour application 90 days in advance E-mailmedicalcertificateIfnecessary,e-mailmedical-relatedof your current medical certificates applications(CG-719KorK/E) documentationotherthan expiration.NMCprocessingtimesare directlytoMEDAIP@uscg.mil.medicalcertificateapplications currentlycloseto30daysforcomplete (Othersubmissionoptionsinclude (i.e.,additionalinformation)toapplicationsbutmaybelongerforin- sendingtoanREC,faxorU.S. NMCMedicalClerks@uscg.mil.completeapplications. mail,buttheseoptionsarenotprocessedasquicklyasdirect Asareminder,onlycompletemedicalProcessing times at the NMC have submissiontoMEDAIP@uscg.mil.) applications are accepted for pro-grown due to the large volume of cessing. Incomplete applications aree-mails.Sendingmultiplee-mailsfor Enterthee-mailsubjectlineinthe returned to the mariner for correc-individualpagesoftheapplicationor followingformat:LASTNAME_ tionandmustberesubmitted,whichsending the same information mul- FIRSTNAME_MARINER delaystheprocessingofyourmedicaltipletimesonlycausesdelaysinpro- REFERENCENUMBER. certificate application. Your appli-cessingforothermarinersandwillsig- cationdoesnotgotothebackofthenificantlydelaytheprocessingofyour NameyourPDFfileintheline,butitwillbedelayed.information.Forexample,duringthe followingformat:LASTNAME_weekofJune10-14,approximately25 FIRSTNAME_REFERENCE Please contact Eric Christensen at percentofalle-mailsprocessedwere NUMBER. echristensen@passengervessel.com,duplicate medical certificate applica- PVAsDirectorofRegulatoryAffairstions(CG-719K). Medicalcertificateapplications &RiskManagement,ifyouhaveany(CG-719K)shouldbesubmittedas questions or are experiencing delaysYou can help the NMC improve onePDF. greaterthan90days.processing times by adhering to thefollowingguidelines:FOGHORN 38'