---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 199.214"
title: "46"
number: "199.214"
heading: "Immersion suits and thermal protective aids."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/199.214"
---

# §199.214. Immersion suits and thermal protective aids.

- (a) Each passenger vessel must carry at least three immersion suits approved under approval series 160.171 for each lifeboat on the vessel.
- (b) In addition to the requirements in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, each passenger vessel must carry a thermal protective aid approved under approval series 160.174 for each person not provided with an immersion suit.
- (c) The immersion suits and thermal protective aids required under paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section are not required if the passenger vessel operates only on routes between 32 degrees north and 32 degrees south latitude.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted.