---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 185.728"
title: "46"
number: "185.728"
heading: "Testing and servicing of Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacons (EPIRB)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/185.728"
---

# §185.728. Testing and servicing of Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacons (EPIRB).


The master of the vessel shall ensure that:

- (a) Each EPIRB, other than an EPIRB in an inflatable liferaft, must be tested monthly, using the integrated test circuit and output indicator, to determine that it is operative;
- (b) The EPIRB's battery is replaced after it is used, or before the date required by FCC regulations in [47 CFR part 80](/cfr/47/part80.md), whichever comes sooner; and
- (c) The EPIRB test required by [paragraph (a)](#a) shall be logged or otherwise documented, as applicable.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 1005, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51050, Sept. 30, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 6101; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 1005, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 1005, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51050, Sept. 30, 1997]