{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-159.010-17","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 159.010-17","heading":"-17 Termination of acceptance or recognition of an independent laboratory.","body":"The acceptance or recognition of a laboratory terminates if the laboratory—\n(a) Requests termination;\n(b) Is no longer in business;\n(c) Knowingly fails to perform or supervise an inspection or test, or both, as required in an applicable subpart;\n(d) Knowingly attests to the lack of errors, omissions, or false statement of an approval test report that contains errors omissions, or false statements;\n(e) Does not meet the requirements of § 159.010-3(a);\n(f) Does not comply with § 159.010-11;\n(g) Contracts or transfers the performance or supervision of required inspections or tests to another laboratory or person without the approval of the Commandant; or\n(h) Fails to, or in the opinion of the Commandant is unable to, carry out its responsibilities under an MOU required by § 159.010-7.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER Q—EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL","PART 159—APPROVAL OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS","Subpart 159.010—Independent Laboratory: Acceptance, Recognition, and Termination"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"f29361245912784e61c5ff22278f6a9f536163d9b9ba52af47b9cd9e3ae5115e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-159.010-15","next":"us/46-cfr-159.010-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}