---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 197.208"
title: "46"
number: "197.208"
heading: "Designation of person-in-charge."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/197.208"
---

# §197.208. Designation of person-in-charge.

- (a) The owner or agent of a vessel or facility without a designated master shall designate, in writing, an individual to be the person-in-charge of the vessel or facility.
- (b) Where a master is designated, the master is the person-in-charge.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1509; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 6101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 76-009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, unless otherwise noted.