[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR144.20-5]

[Page 153]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 144--LIFESAVING APPLIANCES--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart 144.20--Requirements for U.S. and Undocumented MODU's
 
Sec. 144.20-5  Exposure suits.

    This section applies to each MODU except those operating south of 32 
degrees North latitude in the Atlantic Ocean or south of 35 degrees 
North latitude in all other waters.
    (a) Each MODU must carry an exposure suit for each person on board. 
The exposure suit must be stowed in a readily accessible location in or 
near the berthing area of the person for whom the exposure suit is 
provided.
    (b) In addition to the exposure suits required by paragraph (a) of 
this section, each watch station and work station must have enough 
exposure suits to equal the number of persons normally on watch in, or 
assigned to, the station at one time. However, an exposure suit need not 
be provided at a watch or work station for a person whose cabin, 
stateroom, or berthing area (and the exposure suits stowed in that 
location) is readily accessible to the station.
    (c) Each exposure suit on a MODU must be of a type approved under 46 
CFR 160.171.
    (d) Each exposure suit must have a personal flotation device light 
that is approved under 46 CFR 161.012. Each light must be securely 
attached to the front shoulder area of the exposure suit.
    (e) Each exposure suit on a MODU must be provided with a whistle of 
the ball type or multi-tone type, of corrosion resistant construction, 
and in good working order. The whistle must be attached to the exposure 
suit by a lanyard without hooks, snaps, clips, etc., that is long enough 
to permit the whistle to reach the mouth of the wearer. If the lanyard 
allows the whistle to hang below the waist of the wearer, the whistle 
must be stowed in a pocket on the exposure suit, or with the lanyard 
coiled and stopped off.
    (f) No stowage container for exposure suits may be capable of being 
locked.

[CGD 82-075b, 49 FR 4377, Feb. 6, 1984, as amended by CGD 84-090, 50 FR 
3904, Jan. 29, 1985; USCG-2000-7223, 65 FR 40057, June 29, 2000]