---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 197.344"
title: "46"
number: "197.344"
heading: "Inflatable floatation devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/197.344"
---

# §197.344. Inflatable floatation devices.


An inflatable floatation device for SCUBA diving must—

- (a) Be capable of maintaining the diver at the surface in a faceup position;
- (b) Have a manually activated inflation device;
- (c) Have an oral inflation device;
- (d) Have an over-pressure relief device; and
- (e) **Have a manually operated exhaust valve.**

## 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.