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Originally Posted by webmaster
According to the law, boating safety education from other states must " meet or exceed" the NH requirements. Since NH requires a proctored test, boating safety education from other states would also have to include a proctored test.
However, several years ago the Marine Patrol stated that their officers couldn't be expected to sort out the details of the requirements of 50 different states and that they would accept all NASBLA approved course certificates. As far as I know that is still their policy. |
That is exactly the issue..... they can't know the requirements in all 50 states.... For this system of basic knowledge to work, as long the course is NASBLA approved reciprocity must exist... This was a case where NH was trying to be the leader in this effort, and made a law based on what was believed to be the direction a NASBLA certification was going.... As it turns out NASBLA didn't decided a proctored exam was mandatory.... much like some states don't have a driver perform a 3 point turn....
Much like NH had to finally accept the boat registration format of the other 50 states, so will they have to provide reciprocity for the NASBLA approved courses....