---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 122.702"
title: "46"
number: "122.702"
heading: "Maintenance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/122.702"
---

# §122.702. Maintenance.

- (a) The manufacturer's instructions for onboard maintenance of survival craft, rescue boats, and launching appliances, manufactured on or after March 11, 1996, must be onboard a vessel of more than 19.8 meters (65 feet) in length and readily available for a vessel of not more than 19.8 meters (65 feet) in length. The instructions must also be readily available at each inspection for certification and reinspection.
- (b) The owner or managing operator shall ensure that maintenance is carried out in accordance with the instructions required under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
- (c) The cognizant OCMI may accept, instead of the instructions required under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, a shipboard planned maintenance program that includes the items listed in that paragraph.
- (d) The inspection and maintenance of the equipment listed in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 935, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 20556, May 7, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 6101; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 935, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 935, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 20556, May 7, 1996]