[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR25.25-13]

[Page 311]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 25_REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart 25.25_Life Preservers and Other Lifesaving Equipment
 
Sec. 25.25-13  Personal flotation device lights.

    (a) This section applies to vessels described in Sec. 25.25-1 that 
engage in ocean, coastwise, or Great Lakes voyages.
    (b) Each immersion suit carried in accordance with Sec. 25.25-5(e), 
each life preserver, each marine buoyant device intended to be worn, and 
each buoyant vest must have a personal flotation device light that is 
approved under subpart 161.012 of this chapter.
    (c) Each personal flotation device light required by this section 
must be securely attached to the front shoulder area of the immersion 
suit, life preserver, or other personal flotation device.
    (d) If a personal flotation device light has a non-replaceable power 
source, the light must be replaced on or before the expiration date of 
the power source. If the light has a replaceable power source, the power 
source must be replaced on or before its expiration date and the light 
must be replaced when it is no longer serviceable.

[44 FR 38783, July 2, 1979, as amended by CGD 82-075a, 49 FR 4483, Feb. 
7, 1984; CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51042, Sept. 30, 1997]