{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-160.176-1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 160.176-1","heading":"-1 Scope.","body":"(a) This subpart contains structural and performance standards and procedures for approval of inflatable lifejackets, as well as requirements for associated manuals, servicing programs, and shore-side service facilities.\n(b) Other regulations in this chapter provide that inflatable lifejackets must be:\n(1) Serviced annually at designated servicing facilities; and\n(2) Maintained in accordance with their user manuals.\n(c) Inflatable lifejackets approved under this subpart—\n(1) Rely entirely upon inflation for buoyancy;\n(2) Meet the requirements for lifejackets in the 1983 Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 74/83);\n(3) Have performance equivalent to Type I Personal Flotation Devices (PFD's) with any one chamber deflated; and\n(4) Are designed to be worn by adults.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER Q—EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL","PART 160—LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT","Subpart 160.176—Inflatable Lifejackets"],"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":"e4e59793f62af7fce93ae13fd074d85447ddb57a2abccfb8ee6ab085af85c21f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-160.174-25","next":"us/46-cfr-160.176-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}