---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 53.10-3"
title: "46"
number: "53.10-3"
heading: "Inspection and tests (modifies HG-500 through HG-540)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/53.10-3"
---

# §53.10-3. Inspection and tests (modifies HG-500 through HG-540).

- (a) The inspections required by HG-500 through HG-540 must be performed by the “Authorized Inspector” as defined in HG-515 of Section IV of the ASME BPVC (incorporated by reference; see [§ 53.01-1](/cfr/46/53.01-1.md)). The Authorized Inspector must hold a valid commission issued by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. After installation, heating boilers must be inspected for compliance with this part by a marine inspector.
- (b) Automatically controlled boilers must be subjected to the operating tests prescribed in [part 63](/cfr/46/part63.md) of this subchapter.
- (c) All heating boilers must have the operation of their pressure relieving devices checked after the final installation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 81-79, 50 FR 9436, Mar. 8, 1985, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65164, Oct. 31, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18826, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50102, June 12, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 81-79, 50 FR 9436, Mar. 8, 1985, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65164, Oct. 31, 2008]