---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 159.005-9"
title: "46"
number: "159.005-9"
heading: "Approval inspections and tests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/159.005-9"
---

# §159.005-9. Approval inspections and tests.

- (a) Each manufacturer of equipment or material that is required to be subjected to approval inspections and tests must—
  - (1) If the applicable subpart requires the equipment or material to be inspected or tested, have the approval inspections or tests performed;
  - (2) If the applicable subpart requires the equipment or material to be inspected or tested by an independent laboratory, insure that a laboratory accepted by the Commandant performs or supervises the approval inspections or tests;
  - (3) Bear all costs of the approval inspections and tests;
  - (4) If requested, advise the Commandant of the time, date, and place of each approval inspection or test, or both, before the inspection or test is performed; and
  - (5) **After completion of the approval inspections and tests, submit to the Commandant—**
    - (i) A test report that meets [§ 159.005-11](/cfr/46/159.005-11.md);
    - (ii) At least two sets of specifications of the material as inspected or tested or at least two sets of plans of the equipment as inspected or tested that meet [§ 159.005-12](/cfr/46/159.005-12.md); and
    - (iii) A description of the quality control procedures that will be in effect during the production of the equipment or material.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 76-048, 44 FR 73043, Dec. 17, 1979, as amended by USCG-2014-0688, 79 FR 58285, Sept. 29, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; Section 159.001-9 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: CGD 76-048, 44 FR 73043, Dec. 17, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 76-048, 44 FR 73043, Dec. 17, 1979, as amended by USCG-2014-0688, 79 FR 58285, Sept. 29, 2014]