---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.697"
title: "46"
number: "108.697"
heading: "Buoyant work vests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.697"
---

# §108.697. Buoyant work vests.

- (a) Each buoyant work vest on a unit must be approved under [Subpart 160.053](/cfr/46/subpart160.053.md) or [Subpart 160.077](/cfr/46/subpart160.077.md) of this chapter.
- (b) Commercial hybrid PFD's carried as work vests must be—
  - (1) Used, stowed, and maintained in accordance with the procedures set out in the manual required for these devices by [§ 160.077-29](/cfr/46/160.077-29.md) of this chapter and any limitation(s) market on them; and
  - (2) Of the same or similar design and have the same method of operation as each other hybrid PFD carried on board.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 78-174A, 51 FR 4351, Feb. 4, 1986]

### 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.

### Amendments

[CGD 78-174A, 51 FR 4351, Feb. 4, 1986]