46 USC § 3510 - Additional medical and safety standards

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s3510"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 3510 - Additional medical and safety standards"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "3510"
section_name: "Additional medical and safety standards"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Inspection and Regulation of Vessels"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 117–14, § 3(a), May 24, 2021, 135 Stat. 275.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 117–14, § 3(a), May 24, 2021, 135 Stat. 275.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of , which was approved .