---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 11.803"
title: "46"
number: "11.803"
heading: "Staff departments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/11.803"
---

# §11.803. Staff departments.

- (a) [Title 46](/cfr/46.md) U.S.C. 8302 contains the requirements for staff departments on U.S. flag vessels.
- (b) [Title 46](/cfr/46.md) U.S.C. 8302 does not apply to—
  - (1) A fishing or whaling vessel or yacht;
  - (2) A vessel operated only on bays, sounds, inland waters, and lakes (other than the Great Lakes); and
  - (3) **A vessel ferrying passengers and cars on the Great Lakes.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, and 2110; 46 U.S.C. chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. 7502, 7505, 7701, 8903, 8904, 8906, and 70105; E.O. 10173; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 11.107 is also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77909, Dec. 24, 2013, unless otherwise noted.