---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.516"
title: "33"
number: "150.516"
heading: "What are the periodic requirements for weight testing?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.516"
---

# §150.516. What are the periodic requirements for weight testing?


The operator must weight test, using the procedure outlined in [46 CFR 199.45(a)(1)](/cfr/46/199.45.md?p=a-1), each lifeboat, davit-launched liferaft, and rescue boat every time a fall is replaced or turned end-for-end.


## 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.