Code of Massachusetts Regulations
501 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Title 501 CMR 16.00 - Harbormaster Training Council
Section 16.02 - Definitions

As used in 501 CMR 16.00, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

Harbormaster. For training purposes, an individual appointed by the mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town where a harbor is situated, by the Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police, by the Police Commissioner of Boston, or by the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, with the power to issue permits for temporary mooring of floats and rafts, regulate the movement and anchorage of vessels within the harbor, order the removal of any vessel lying within the harbor or at a public wharf, and regulate and station all vessels in the channels of the harbor. Additional duties may also include, but are not limited to, patrolling the harbor, providing services and assistance to boaters, conducting investigations of boating crimes, and generally enforcing the law in the harbor. The appointment may be for a full harbormaster or assistant harbormaster and may be on a full-time or permanent part-time basis.

Harbormaster Training Council (Council). The council established within the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6, § 116F to set policies and standards for training harbormasters and assistant harbormasters in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, including M.G.L. c. 102, §§ 19, 20, and 21.

Harbormaster Training Program. An initial prescribed course of study for harbormasters approved by the Harbormaster Training Council.

In-service Training. The annual required course of training for harbormasters approved by the Harbormaster Training Council.

Seasonal Employee. An individual who has been hired by a harbormaster or other appointing authority for a specific temporary seasonal period of not more than 24 weeks.