---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 61.30-15"
title: "46"
number: "61.30-15"
heading: "Visual inspection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/61.30-15"
---

# §61.30-15. Visual inspection.


Thermal fluid heaters are examined by a marine inspector at the inspection for certification, periodic inspection and when directed by the Officer in Charge Marine Inspection, to determine that the complete unit is in a safe and satisfactory condition. The visual examination includes, but is not limited to, the combustion chamber, heat exchanger, refractory, exhaust stack, and associated pumps and piping.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 80-064, 49 FR 32193, Aug. 13, 1984, as amended by USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6501, Feb. 9, 2000]

### Source

Source: CGD 80-064, 49 FR 32193, Aug. 13, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3307, 3703; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; 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 18890, Dec. 18, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 80-064, 49 FR 32193, Aug. 13, 1984, as amended by USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6501, Feb. 9, 2000]