One sentence governs medical care on a vessel full of teenagers
The short version 46 CFR 169.725 requires an approved first aid kit to subpart 160.041. That is the whole medical […]
September 2, 2026
The rule is named for scientific personnel and then counts only the crew
The short version 46 CFR 190.20-35(a) requires a hospital space on voyages over three days between ports with a crew
The FDA regulates your vessel’s drinking water, and it plumbs your medical space
The short version 21 CFR 1250.80 applies to vessels engaged in interstate traffic. No class, tonnage or passenger threshold. 1250.84
Fever alone is not a reportable illness, and the vessel list is not the aircraft list
The short version 42 CFR 71.21(a) requires an immediate report to the quarantine station at or nearest the arrival port,
Ship hospital space requirements, and the twelve person threshold that decides them
The short version Two rules require a hospital space: 46 CFR 92.20-35 for cargo and miscellaneous vessels and 46 CFR