---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.506"
title: "33"
number: "150.506"
heading: "When must the operator service inflatable lifesaving appliances and marine evacuation systems?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.506"
---

# §150.506. When must the operator service inflatable lifesaving appliances and marine evacuation systems?

- (a) The operator must service each inflatable lifejacket, hybrid inflatable lifejacket, and marine evacuation system at 1-year intervals after its initial packing. The operator may delay the servicing for up to 5 months to meet the next scheduled inspection of the deepwater port.
- (b) The operator must service each inflatable liferaft no later than the month and year on its servicing sticker under [46 CFR 160.151-57(m)(3)(ii)](/cfr/46/160.151-57.md?p=m-3-ii), except that the operator may delay servicing by up to 5 months to meet the next scheduled inspection of the deepwater port. The operator must also service each inflatable liferaft:
  - (1) Whenever the container of the raft is damaged; or
  - (2) **Whenever the container straps or seals are broken.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), (m)(2), 1509(a); 46 U.S.C. 70034; E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34, 68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

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