33 CFR § 95.025 - Adoption of State blood alcohol concentration levels.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s95.025"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 95.025 - Adoption of State blood alcohol concentration levels."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "95.025"
section_name: "Adoption of State blood alcohol concentration levels."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "VESSEL OPERATING REGULATIONS"
part_number: "95"
part_name: "OPERATING A VESSEL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR A DANGEROUS DRUG"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 2071; 46 U.S.C. 2302; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGD 84-099, 52 FR 47532, Dec. 14, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "95"
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# 95.025 Adoption of State blood alcohol concentration levels.
(a) This section applies to operators of recreational vessels on waters within the geographical boundaries of any State that has established by statute a blood alcohol concentration level for purposes of determining whether a person is operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol.
(b) If the applicable State statute establishes a blood alcohol concentration level at which a person is considered or presumed to be under the influence of alcohol, then that level applies within the geographical boundaries of that State instead of the level provided in § 95.020(a) of this part.
(c) For the purposes of this part, a standard established by State statute and adopted under this section is applicable to the operation of any recreational vessel on waters within the geographical boundaries of the State.
[CGD 84-099, 52 FR 47532, Dec. 14, 1987, as amended by USCG-1998-4593, 66 FR 1862, Jan. 10, 2001]