Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/46/115.808
Timestamp: 2014-12-23 03:24:12
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 115', '§ 115', '§ 122', '§ 122', '§ 122', '§ 122']

46 CFR 115.808 - Lifesaving. | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 46 › Chapter I › Subchapter K › Part 115 › Subpart H › Section 115.808 46 CFR 115.808 - Lifesaving.
§ 115.808
Tests of each rescue boat and each rescue boat launching appliance and survival craft launching appliance in accordance with § 122.520 of this chapter;
Inspection of each life jacket, work vest, and marine buoyant device;
If used, inspection of the passenger safety orientation cards or pamphlets allowed by § 122.506(b) of this subchapter;
Inspection of each inflatable liferaft, inflatable buoyant apparatus, and inflatable life jacket to determine that it has been serviced as required by § 122.730 of this subchapter; and
Inspection of each hydrostatic release unit to determine that it is in compliance with the servicing and usage requirements of § 122.740 of this subchapter.
The owner or managing operator shall destroy, in the presence of the marine inspector, each life jacket, other personal flotation device, and other lifesaving device found to be defective and incapable of repair.
At each initial and subsequent inspection for certification of a vessel, the vessel must be equipped with an adult size life jacket for each person authorized. The vessel must also be equipped with child size life jackets equal to at least:
5 percent of the maximum number of passengers permitted to be carried if all extended size life jackets are provided.
Life jackets, work vests, and marine buoyant devices may be marked with the date and marine inspection zone to indicate that they have been inspected and found to be in serviceable condition by a marine inspector.