[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR180.75]

[Page 252]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 180_LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT AND ARRANGEMENTS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart C_Ring Life Buoys and Life Jackets
 
Sec. 180.75  Life jacket lights.

    (a) Each life jacket carried on a vessel on oceans, coastwise, or 
Great Lakes route, must have a life jacket light approved in accordance 
with Sec. 161.012 in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard 
specified by the Commandant. Each life jacket light must be securely 
attached to the front shoulder area of the life jacket.
    (b) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a) of this 
section, life jacket lights are not required for life jackets on:
    (1) Ferries; and
    (2) Vessels with Certificates of Inspection endorsed only for routes 
that do not extend more than 20 miles from a harbor of safe refuge.