[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: 46CFR5.29]

[Page 59]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 5_MARINE INVESTIGATION REGULATIONS_PERSONNEL ACTION--Table of
 
                          Subpart B_Definitions
 
Sec. 5.29  Negligence.

    Negligence is the commission of an act which a reasonable and 
prudent person of the same station, under the same circumstances, would 
not commit, or the failure to perform an act which a reasonable and 
prudent person of the same station, under the same circumstances, would 
not fail to perform.