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TITLE 46 - SHIPPING
CHAPTER I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER H - PASSENGER VESSELS
PART 72 - CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT
72.10 - 15 - Vertical ladders not acceptable.
(a) Vertical ladders and deck scuttles shall not in general be considered satisfactory as one of the required means of escape. However, where it is demonstrated that the installation of a stairway would be impracticable, a vertical ladder may be used as the second means of escape.
(b) [Reserved]
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