COMDTINST. 16122.2A
arrival will be referred to the vessel's agent.
(4) AMVER information can be made available on a limited basis only to organizations
with recognized SAR responsibility. The information is for SAR purposes only and
is not intended for use as a general purpose list of ships and their characteristics.
(5) Requests for information from AMVER received from commercial medical services
will be treated as requests for assistance. When contacted by a commercial medical
service, RCC personnel shall determine whether or not the assistance of an AMVER
participant is needed. If assistance is needed, the RCC shall notify the appropriate
AMVER vessel and request help. The commercial medical service and the vessel
needing aid will be advised by RCC personnel of the action taken. RCC personnel
will not tell the commercial medical service the name or call sign of the AMVER
participant except when necessary to contribute to successful case completion, e.g.,
it may be necessary for the commercial medical service to pass medical details
directly to the assisting vessel.
b.
G4ENERAL GUIDANCE
(1) Persons likely to receive requests for AMVER information, such as AMVER
Officers and RCC controllers, should be familiar with the Privacy (Coast Guard) and
Freedom of Information Acts Manual, COMDTINST. M5260.2 (Series). Not every
request for AMVER information must be handled as a Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) request. Material that is ordinarily made available to the public as part of
the AMVER educational program is available upon oral or written request.
(2) The Coast Guard is not required to compile or develop a record for answering a
public request for information. A request for AMVER statistical records not
normally produced, but available thru special efforts, should be referred to
Commandant (G-OPR).
(3) Whenever doubt exists about whether to release AMVER records, or requests are
made for records not covered adequately by this Instruction, the request shall be
referred to Commandant (G-OPR) for decision.
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