---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 184.710"
title: "46"
number: "184.710"
heading: "First-aid kits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/184.710"
---

# §184.710. First-aid kits.


A vessel must carry either a first-aid kit that meets the requirements in [46 CFR 199.175(b)(10)](/cfr/46/199.175.md?p=b-10) or a kit with equivalent contents and instructions. For equivalent kits, the contents must be stowed in a suitable, watertight container that is marked “First-Aid Kit”. A first-aid kit must be easily visible and readily available to the crew.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2020-0107, 87 FR 68308, Nov. 14, 2022]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 1002, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2020-0107, 87 FR 68308, Nov. 14, 2022]