---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.155"
title: "46"
number: "108.155"
heading: "Restrictions on means of escape utilized."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.155"
---

# §108.155. Restrictions on means of escape utilized.


A required means of escape may not be a vertical ladder or deck scuttle, except that one of the means of escape may be a vertical ladder or deck scuttle if a stairway would be impracticable.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3102, 3306; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.