---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.332"
title: "33"
number: "149.332"
heading: "What are the requirements for inflatable lifejackets?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.332"
---

# §149.332. What are the requirements for inflatable lifejackets?

- (a) Each inflatable lifejacket must be approved under approval series 160.176.
- (b) **All inflatable lifejackets on a deepwater port must—**
  - (1) Be used and stowed according to the procedures contained in the manual required for them under [46 CFR 160.176-21](/cfr/46/160.176-21.md);
  - (2) Be marked with all limitations, if any; and
  - (3) **Be of the same or similar design and have the same method of operation.**

## 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.