[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: 46CFR197.314]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 197_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Commercial Diving Operations
 
Sec. 197.314  First aid and treatment equipment.

    (a) Each dive location must have--
    (1) A medical kit approved by a physician that consists of--
    (i) Basic first aid supplies; and
    (ii) Any additional supplies necessary to treat minor trauma and 
illnesses resulting from hyperbaric exposure;
    (2) A copy of an American Red Cross Standard First Aid handbook;
    (3) A bag-type manual resuscitator with transparent mask and tubing; 
and
    (4) A capability to remove an injured diver from the water.
    (b) Each diving installation must have a two-way communications 
system to obtain emergency assistance except when the vessel or facility 
ship-to-shore, two-way communications system is readily available.
    (c) Each dive location supporting mixed-gas dives, dives deeper than 
130 fsw, or dives outside the no-decompression limits must meet the 
requirements of paragraph (a) of this section and have--
    (1) A decompression chamber;
    (2) Decompression and treatment tables;
    (3) A supply of breathing gases sufficient to treat for 
decompression sickness;
    (4) The medical kit required by paragraph (a)(1) of this section 
that is--
    (i) Capable of being carried into the decompression chamber; and
    (ii) Suitable for use under hyperbaric conditions; and

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    (5) A capability to assist an injured diver into the decompression 
chamber.