Title 46 — Shipping
Part B · Chapter 35 — Carriage of Passengers
§ 3510. Additional medical and safety standards
Statutory text
Automated External Defibrillators.—
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall promulgate regulations to—
require that the owner of a vessel to which section 3507 applies install, and maintain in working order, automated external defibrillators on such vessel;
require that such defibrillators be placed throughout such vessel in clearly designated locations;
require that such defibrillators are available for passenger and crew access in the event of an emergency; and
require that automated external defibrillators, or adjacent equipment, allow passengers and crew to easily contact medical staff of the vessel.
Definition of Owner.—
In this section, the term “owner” has the meaning given such term in section 3507.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Alaska Tourism Restoration Act
Pub. L. 117–14 § 3(a) · 135 Stat. 273
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 3510
(Added Pub. L. 117–14, § 3(a), May 24, 2021, 135 Stat. 275.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 117–14, § 3(a), May 24, 2021, 135 Stat. 275.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) In General.— Chapter 35 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “§ 3510. Additional medical and safety standards “(a) Automated External Defibrillators.— Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall promulgate regulations to— “(1) require that the owner of a vessel to which section 3507 applies install, and maintain in working order, automated external defibrillators on such vessel; “(2) require that such defibrillators be placed throughout such vessel in clearly designated locations; “(3) require that such defibrillators are available for passenger and crew access in the event of an emergency; and “(4) require that automated external defibrillators, or adjacent equipment, allow passengers and crew to easily contact medical staff of the vessel. “(b) Definition of Owner.— In this section, the term ‘owner’ has the meaning given such term in section 3507.” .
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 117–14, which was approved .
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 117–14, § 3(a), , 135 Stat. 275.)