[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: 46CFR185.210]

[Page 304]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 185_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B_Marine Casualties and Voyage Records
 
Sec. 185.210  Alcohol or drug use by individuals directly involved in 
casualties.

    (a) For each marine casualty required to be reported by Sec. 
185.202, the owner, agent, master, or person in charge of the vessel 
shall determine whether there is any evidence of alcohol or drug use by 
individuals directly involved in the casualty.
    (b) The owner, agent, master, or person in charge of the vessel 
shall include in the written report, Form CG 2692, submitted for the 
casualty information that:
    (1) Identifies those individuals for whom evidence of drug or 
alcohol use, or evidence of intoxication, has been obtained; and
    (2) Specifies the method used to obtain such evidence, such as 
personal observation of the individual, or by chemical testing of the 
individual.
    (c) An entry must be made in the Official Logbook if carried, 
pertaining to those individuals for whom evidence of intoxication is 
obtained. The individual shall be informed of this entry and the entry 
shall be witnessed by a second person.
    (d) If an individual directly involved in a casualty refuses to 
submit to, or cooperate in, the administration of a timely chemical 
test, when directed by a Coast Guard commissioned, warrant, or petty 
officer, or any other law enforcement officer authorized to obtain a 
chemical test under Federal, state, or local law, or by the owner, 
agent, master, or person in change, this fact must be noted in the 
Official Logbook, if carried, and in the written report (Form CG 2692), 
and will be admissible as evidence in any administrative proceeding.

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 1005, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 
51050, Sept. 30, 1997]