[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR62.15-1]

[Page 299]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 62_VITAL SYSTEM AUTOMATION--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart 62.15_Equivalents
 
Sec. 62.15-1  Conditions under which equivalents may be used.


    (a) The Coast Guard accepts a substitute or alternate for the 
requirements of this part if it provides an equivalent level of safety 
and reliability. Demonstration of functional equivalence must include 
comparison of a qualitative failure analysis based on the requirements 
of this part with a comparable analysis of the proposed substitute or 
alternate.