New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Saf - Department of Safety
Subtitle Saf-C - Commissioner, Department of Safety
Chapter Saf-C 400 - WATERCRAFT SAFETY RULES
Part Saf-C 403 - EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
Section Saf-C 403.02 - Personal Flotation Devices - Commercial Boats
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) Any vessel carrying passengers for hire as a common carrier of passengers or property operating on a regular schedule shall carry an approved adult type I life preserver for each person on board. In addition, unless the service is such that children are never carried, there shall be provided a number of approved life preservers suitable for children equal to at least 10 percent of the total number of persons carried.
(b) When passengers aboard a commercial boat are wearing an approved type I, II, III, or V PFD while underway, the vessel shall be exempt from the carrying requirement set forth in (a) above.
#2351, eff 4-25-83; ss by #3010, eff 5-2-85; ss by #4562, eff 1-3-89; ss by #5936, INTERIM, eff 1-3-95, EXPIRES, 5-3-95; ss by #6005, eff 3-24-95, EXPIRED: 3-24-03
New. #7904, INTERIM, eff 6-24-03, EXPIRED: 12-21-03
New. #8093, EMERGENCY, eff 5-28-04, EXPIRES: 11-24-04; ss by #8172, eff 9-21-04; amd by #9237, eff 8-22-08; ss by #10293
