---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 140.500"
title: "46"
number: "140.500"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/140.500"
---

# §140.500. General.

- (a) No later than July 22, 2019, the owner or managing operator must implement a health and safety plan. The health and safety plan must document compliance with this part and include recordkeeping procedures.
- (b) The owner, managing operator, or master must ensure that all persons on board a towing vessel comply with the health and safety plan.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103, 3301, 3306, 3308, 3316, 8104, 8904; 33 CFR 1.05; DHS Delegation 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-2006-24412, 81 FR 40101, June 20, 2016, unless otherwise noted.