---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 159.007-3"
title: "46"
number: "159.007-3"
heading: "Production inspections and tests: Independent laboratory's procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/159.007-3"
---

# §159.007-3. Production inspections and tests: Independent laboratory's procedures.

- (a) The manufacturer may follow an independent laboratory's procedures for production inspections and tests if those procedures—
  - (1) Meet or exceed the production inspection and test requirements of the applicable subpart or are equivalent to those inspections and tests;
  - (2) Include labeling or marking the equipment or material when the equipment or material meets the inspection and test procedures of the laboratory; and
  - (3) Are accepted by the Commandant under [§ 159.007-7(b)](/cfr/46/159.007-7.md?p=b).
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### 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.