NAC488.410. Life preservers: Condition; markings; size; requirements for inflation.

     1. Each life preserver required by NAC 488.405 to be on board a vessel must be:

     (a) In serviceable condition;

     (b) Legibly marked with the number of approval of the Coast Guard;

     (c) Of appropriate size to fit the person for whose use it is intended; and

     (d) Noninflatable, if the person for whose use it is intended is:

          (1) Waterskiing;

          (2) On a personal watercraft;

          (3) Under 16 years of age; or

          (4) Participating in a commercial activity, including, without limitation, a boat livery.

     2. For the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection 1, a life preserver that is inflatable is in serviceable condition only if:

     (a) The inflation mechanism is functional and armed;

     (b) Each inflation indicator is green;

     (c) Each inflation chamber is capable of holding air; and

     (d) The oral inflation tube is functional.

     [Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, Motorboat Reg. No. 100 § 31, eff. 2-10-82]—(NAC A by R206-97, 6-19-98)