---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.514"
title: "33"
number: "150.514"
heading: "What are the annual tests and inspections?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.514"
---

# §150.514. What are the annual tests and inspections?


At least annually, the operator must:

- (a) **Strip, clean, thoroughly inspect, and, if needed, repair each lifeboat, rescue boat, and liferaft.** At that time, the operator must also empty, clean, and refill each fuel tank with fresh fuel;
- (b) Thoroughly inspect and, if needed, repair each davit, winch, fall, and other launching device;
- (c) Check all lifesaving equipment and replace any item that is marked with an expiration date that has passed;
- (d) Check all lifesaving equipment batteries and replace any battery that is marked with an expiration date that has passed; and
- (e) Replace any battery that is not marked with an expiration date if that battery is used in an item of lifesaving equipment, except for a storage battery used in a lifeboat or rescue boat.
- (f) The requirements in this section do not relieve the person in charge of the requirement to keep the equipment ready for immediate use.

## 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.