---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 131.515"
title: "46"
number: "131.515"
heading: "Periodic sanitary inspections."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/131.515"
---

# §131.515. Periodic sanitary inspections.

- (a) The master shall make periodic inspections of the quarters, toilet and washing spaces, serving pantries, galleys, and the like, to ensure that those spaces are maintained in a sanitary condition.
- (b) The master shall enter in the vessel's logbook the results of these inspections.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 6101, 10104; E.O. 12234, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 131.990 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49340, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.