---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 61.40-3"
title: "46"
number: "61.40-3"
heading: "Design verification testing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/61.40-3"
---

# §61.40-3. Design verification testing.

- (a) Tests must verify that automated vital systems are designed, constructed, and operate in accordance with all applicable requirements of [part 62](/cfr/46/part62.md) of this subchapter. The tests must be based upon the failure analysis, if required by [§ 62.20-3(b)](/cfr/46/62.20-3.md?p=b) of this subchapter, functional performance requirements, and the Periodic Safety tests of [§ 61.40-6](/cfr/46/61.40-6.md).
- (b) Tests must be performed immediately after the installation of the automated equipment or before the issuance of the initial Certificate of Inspection.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 81-030, 53 FR 17837, May 18, 1988, 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.