---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 175.25"
title: "33"
number: "175.25"
heading: "Enforcement of State requirements for children to wear personal flotation devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/175.25"
---

# §175.25. Enforcement of State requirements for children to wear personal flotation devices.

- (a) This section applies to operators of recreational vessels on waters subject to the jurisdiction of any State that has established by statute a requirement for children of a certain age to wear an appropriate PFD approved by the Coast Guard, while aboard a recreational vessel.
- (b) If the applicable State statute establishes any requirement for children of a certain age to wear an appropriate PFD approved by the Coast Guard, then that requirement applies on the waters subject to the State's jurisdiction instead of the requirement provided in [§ 175.15(c)](/cfr/33/175.15.md?p=c) of this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2000-8589, 69 FR 45591, July 30, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGD 72-120R, 38 FR 8115, Mar. 28, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2000-8589, 69 FR 45591, July 30, 2004]