---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 62.01-3"
title: "46"
number: "62.01-3"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/62.01-3"
---

# §62.01-3. Scope.

- (a) **This part contains the minimum requirements for vessel automated vital systems.** Specifically, this part contains—
  - (1) In [subpart 62.25](/cfr/46/subpart62.25.md), the general requirements for all vital system automation;
  - (2) In [subpart 62.30](/cfr/46/subpart62.30.md), the criteria used to evaluate the designed reliability and safety of all automated vital systems;
  - (3) In [subpart 62.35](/cfr/46/subpart62.35.md), the minimum additional equipment, configuration, and functional requirements necessary when certain vital systems are automated; and
  - (4) In [subpart 62.50](/cfr/46/subpart62.50.md), the minimum additional requirements when automated systems are provided to replace specific personnel or to reduce overall crew requirements.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 81-030, 53 FR 17838, May 18, 1988, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50189, June 12, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 8105; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 81-030, 53 FR 17838, May 18, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 81-030, 53 FR 17838, May 18, 1988, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50189, June 12, 2024]