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TITLE 46 - SHIPPING
CHAPTER I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER Q - EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL
PART 160 - LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT
160.176 - 1 - Scope.
(a) This subpart contains structural and performance standards and procedures for approval of inflatable lifejackets, as well as requirements for associated manuals, servicing programs, and shore-side service facilities.
(b) Other regulations in this chapter provide that inflatable lifejackets must be: (1) Serviced annually at designated servicing facilities; and (2) Maintained in accordance with their user manuals.
(c) Inflatable lifejackets approved under this subpart (1) Rely entirely upon inflation for buoyancy; (2) Meet the requirements for lifejackets in the 1983 Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 74/83); (3) Have performance equivalent to Type I Personal Flotation Devices (PFD's) with any one chamber deflated; and (4) Are designed to be worn by adults.
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