---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.518"
title: "33"
number: "150.518"
heading: "What are the inspection requirements for work vests and immersion suits?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.518"
---

# §150.518. What are the inspection requirements for work vests and immersion suits?

- (a) All work vests and immersion suits must be inspected by the owner or operator pursuant to [§ 150.105](/cfr/33/150.105.md) of this part to determine whether they are in serviceable condition.
- (b) If a work vest or immersion suit is inspected and is in serviceable condition, then it may remain in service. If not, then it must be removed from the deepwater port.

## 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.