[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR95.020]

[Page 228]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
          CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 95--OPERATING A VESSEL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR A DANGEROUS DRUG--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 95.020  Standard for under the influence of alcohol or a dangerous drug.

    An individual is under the influence of alcohol or a dangerous drug 
when:
    (a) The individual is operating a recreational vessel and has a 
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) level of .08 percent or more, by 
weight, in their blood;
    (b) The individual is operating a vessel other than a recreational 
vessel and has an alcohol concentration of .04 percent by weight or more 
in their blood; or,
    (c) The individual is operating any vessel and the effect of the 
intoxicant(s) consumed by the individual on the person's manner, 
disposition, speech, muscular movement, general appearance or behavior 
is apparent by observation.

[CGD 84-099, 52 FR 47532, Dec. 14, 1987; CGD 84-099, 53 FR 13117, April 
21, 1988, as amended by USCG-1998-4593, 66 FR 1862, Jan. 10, 2001]