Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 488 - Watercraft
EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION
Section 488.410 - Life preservers: Condition; markings; size; requirements for inflation
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 488.410
Current through September 16, 2024
1. Each life jacket or personal flotation device required by NAC 488.405 to be on board a vessel must be:
(a) In serviceable
condition;
(b) Legibly marked with
the number of approval of the United States Coast Guard;
(c) Of appropriate size and type to fit the
person for whose use it is intended; and
(d) Noninflatable, if the person for whose
use it is intended is:
(1)
Waterskiing;
(2) On a personal
watercraft;
(3) Under 16 years of
age; or
(4) Participating in a
commercial activity, including, without limitation, a boat livery.
2. For the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection 1, a life jacket or personal flotation device that is inflatable is in serviceable condition only if:
(a) The inflation mechanism is functional and
armed;
(b) Each inflation indicator
is green;
(c) Each inflation
chamber is capable of holding air; and
(d) The oral inflation tube is
functional.
Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, Motorboat Reg. No. 100 §31, eff. 2-10-82-NAC A by R206-97, 6-19-98; A by R149-20A, eff. 2/25/2021
NRS 488.045, 488.193, 501.181
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