---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.512"
title: "33"
number: "150.512"
heading: "What occurs during the weekly tests and inspections?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.512"
---

# §150.512. What occurs during the weekly tests and inspections?


The required weekly tests and inspections of lifesaving equipment are as follows:

- (a) The operator must visually inspect each survival craft, rescue boat, and launching device to ensure its readiness for use;
- (b) The operator must test the general alarm system; and
- (c) The operator must test for readiness of the engine, starting device, and communications equipment of each lifeboat and rescue boat according to the manufacturer's instructions.

## 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.