(a) General. The manufacturer must provide an owner's manual with each inflatable PFD sold or offered for sale. A draft of the manual for each model must be submitted for approval in accordance with §160.076-13.

(b) Manual contents. Each owner's manual must contain the information specified in UL 1180 (incorporated by reference, see §160.076-11), and, if the PFD is conditionally approved, an explanation of the meaning of, and reasons for, the approval conditions.

[CGD 94-110, 60 FR 32848, June 23, 1995, as amended by CGD 94-110, 61 FR 13947, Mar. 28, 1996; USCG-2011-0076, 77 FR 19943, Apr. 3, 2012]