In 2024, all operators of motorized vessels born on or after January 1, 1978 need to carry a safe boating certificate while operating. Starting January 1, 2025, a safety certificate will be required of all operators, regardless of age.
A safe day on the water is a fun day on the water! To help ensure our waterways remain safe and enjoyable, New York State will require all motorized boaters to take a safe boating course and earn their safe boating certificate by 2025.
The New York Safe Boating Course teaches basic boating skills and encourages common sense and courtesy to all who share the water. Boaters can earn their certificate by taking a classroom course with certified New York Stateinstructors or through approved online courses. Certificates issued by the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary,America's Boating Club,US Powerboating (These classes are also offered by Waterfront SUNY Maritime College) and any NASBLA certified course from other states are also recognized.
Classroom courses are offered around the state by our certified and experienced instructors. Classroom courses are a great opportunity for boaters of all ages, especially first time and youth boaters, to earn their certificates. Please note that some instructors may charge an instructional fee. Fees paid to your instructor do not include the fee for a permanent certificate for students age 18 and older. Click here to find a classroom course
With an approved online course, learning is completed online and successful completion of unit exams is required in order to advance through the course. Fees paid to the online provider include the cost of your permanentcertificate issued by the provider.
Boating safety certificates are required for recreational boaters using motorized vessels, including personal watercraft. Operators of non-motorized boats, such as kayaks and canoes, are not required to have a boating safety certificate at this time.
If you have a lifetime recreation certificate or sporting license, your New York State Driver License can now become an all-purpose boating, fishing, hunting andparks ID card. Anyone successfully completing the New York Safe Boating Course orapproved online boating safety course may opt to have the anchor icon placed on your NYS DMV issues document. DMV will maintain a record of your having completed the boating safety course, and automatically place the icon onyour license each time it is renewed.
The advantage to this program is that you will no longer need to carry your boating safety certificate with you when boating, provided you have your DMV credential with you. DMV will maintain a record of your having completed the boating safety course, and automatically place the icon on your license each time it is renewed.
If you would like a new driver's license issued immediately, the cost is $12.50. If you would like to wait until your next, regularly scheduled license renewal, there is no charge. There are several ways to apply:
Vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 16- to 24-year-olds. Some key contributors to crashes involving teen drivers in Pennsylvania include driver inexperience, driver distractions, driving too fast for conditions and improper or careless turning. PennDOT offers numerous resources for young drivers, as well as parents and guardians, to help keep everyone safe on the road during this time.
The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) are now in force, including requirements related to food licences. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) licensing system grants licences to a person to conduct specific activities relating to food and food animals.
Refer to Annex A for definitions and examples of the food commodity categories you need to choose from when completing the licence application. Refer to Annex B for descriptions of licensable activities under the SFCR.
Example A: 1 licence to cover all activities and food commodity categories occurring at 1 establishment. Therefore, if you operate several establishments at different physical locations, you obtain a licence for each physical location.
Example B: 1 licence for each activityFootnote 1 you conduct. Therefore, you could have multiple licences for 1 establishment if you conduct a variety of activities at that location.
Example C: 1 licence to cover all activities you conduct in a certain food commodity category. Therefore you could have multiple licences for 1 establishment if you conduct activities on a variety of different food commodity categories at that location.
If you conduct these activities, you must have inspection services and a work shift agreement with CFIA in order to qualify for an SFC licence. The document Regulatory Requirement: Inspection services for Food Animals and Meat Products provides an overview of the regulatory requirements on work shifts, inspection stations and minimum number of hours of inspection.
It is the responsibility of a person regulated under the Safe Food for Canadians Act (SFCA) to ensure that they comply with all applicable requirements of the SFCA and the SFCR, including licensing requirements.
Once you have a licence, it is important to remember that it covers the activity, location and food commodity you have entered in your application, as indicated on the licence. Any time this information changes, an amendment to your licence is required.
For example, if you want to conduct activities in a new food commodity category, you are required to have the new food commodity and sub-commodity categories added to the scope of your licence. You can request an amendment to your licence online through your My CFIA account. Licence amendments are not subject to any fee.
Your SFC licence is not transferable (SFCA, Subsection 20(5)). An SFC licence is issued specifically to a person (for example, an individual or business) who is identified in the SFC licence application. The person named in the licence must always be the same person who conducts the activity(ies) authorized in the licence. As a licence holder, it is your responsibility to determine whether a particular change, including a sale or change in ownership, change in controlling shareholders, amalgamation, or other change related to the business, results in a change to the "person" holding the licence.
If you are unsure whether a change in your business structure will result in a change to the "person" holding the SFC licence such that a new SFC licence is required, you may wish to consult a lawyer or other professionals who specialize in this area. Additionally, the Canada Revenue Agency provides guidance on change of legal status that may assist you in determining whether a particular change in your business results in a change to the person identified in the licence.
When applying for a Safe Food for Canadians licence (SFC licence), you will be asked to identify the food commodity(ies) you are responsible for by choosing from a list of commodity and sub-commodity categories. It is important to select the correct food commodity and sub-commodity categories so that your licence accurately reflects your business. Examples of foods that fall within each of the commodity categories are provided in the tables below. You do not need to select commodity categories to cover the ingredients you use in your food. For example, you would not select "Egg" or "Dairy" to cover the ingredients used in your "cream filled doughnuts".
Note: Some sub-commodity categories are further broken down to an additional level of detail. For example, if the food you are responsible for is romaine lettuce, you select the "Fresh fruit or vegetable" commodity category, followed by the "Fresh vegetables" sub-commodity category. You are then given the option to select either "Leafy greens" or "Other". Since the CFIA considers romaine lettuce to be a leafy green, you select "Leafy greens".
In order to assist food importers and brokers, the tables below also provide examples of the Harmonized System (HS) chapters where foods in each sub-commodity category may be found. Food importers are required to declare an HS code, as well as a CFIA Other Government Department (OGD) extension, on their food import declaration that accurately reflects the food they intend to import.
The commodity and sub-commodity category titles found in the SFC licence application do not use the same definitions found within the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR). In most cases, these categories are broader than the SFCR definitions and standards of identity.
Do not select this box if the food you are responsible for is a vegan dairy substitute that does not contain dairy ingredients, such as soy or almond beverages. For these products, select the "Manufactured foods" commodity category.
Dairy substitutes is a sub-commodity category for foods that may be used by the consumer in place of dairy products but contain ingredients derived from dairy products (for example, caseinates).
While the majority of eggs and egg products in Canada are from domestic chickens (Gallus domesticus) and domestic turkeys (Melagris gallopavo), this commodity category also includes eggs from other species, such as duck or quail eggs.
Shell egg is the sub-commodity category used for egg products that are still in their shell. These eggs may be pasteurized provided they meet the criteria in section 95 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations.
Processed egg products can be in dried, pickled, frozen or liquid form, cooked or uncooked. Processed egg products can be made of the whole egg, or the separate egg yolk and egg white components and may or may not contain other ingredients.
Composite fish and seafood products are foods that contain fish or seafood products mixed with other foods but are commonly recognized by consumers as a food that is fish or seafood based.
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