---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.314"
title: "33"
number: "149.314"
heading: "What are the approval and stowage requirements for rescue boats?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.314"
---

# §149.314. What are the approval and stowage requirements for rescue boats?

- (a) Rescue boats must be approved under approval series 160.156. A lifeboat is acceptable as a rescue boat if it also meets the requirements for a rescue boat under approval series 160.156.
- (b) The stowage of rescue boats must comply with [46 CFR 108.565](/cfr/46/108.565.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504, 1509; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.