---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.336"
title: "33"
number: "149.336"
heading: "What are the requirements for lifejackets?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.336"
---

# §149.336. What are the requirements for lifejackets?

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, each unmanned deepwater port must have at least one lifejacket complying with [§ 149.316](/cfr/33/149.316.md) of this part for each person on the deepwater port. The lifejackets need to be available for use on the deepwater port only when persons are onboard.
- (b) During helicopter visits, personnel who have aircraft type of lifejackets may use them as an alternative to the requirements of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39179, July 1, 2013]

### 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.

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39179, July 1, 2013]