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Passes a proctored equivalency examination that tests the knowledge of information included in the curriculum of an approved course ģ. Completes and passes a boating safety course approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) and accepted by the Department Ģ. A person shall be considered in compliance with the requirements for boating safety education if the person meets one of the following:ġ. No person shall operate a motorboat with a motor of 10 horsepower or greater or personal watercraft on the public waters of the Commonwealth, unless the operator has met the requirements for boating safety education in accordance with the age provisions established in subsection D.ī.

Boating safety education required Board to promulgate regulations.Ī. Conservation police officers shall report any alleged violations of federal or state regulations regarding the operation of seaplanes or aircraft to the appropriate federal authorities responsible for regulating the operation of seaplanes and aircraft.ġ994, c. Such regulations shall not be inconsistent with regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration. The Board may promulgate regulations governing the takeoff, landing and taxi of seaplanes on impoundments located in the inland waters of the Commonwealth, so as to reduce the risks of collision, personal injury and property damage as a result of such operation. Board authorized to promulgate regulations for seaplanes. No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of a vessel which is not equipped as required by Board regulations.ġ984, c. The Board is hereby authorized to make regulations to the extent necessary to keep these requirements generally in conformity with the provisions of the federal navigation laws, or with the rules promulgated by the United States Coast Guard or the United States Secretary of Transportation.Ĭ. The Board shall adopt such regulations as it deems appropriate: (i) to provide rules for the safe and reasonable operation of vessels so as to reduce the risks of collision, personal injury and property damage as a result of such operation and (ii) to govern the number, type, condition, performance capabilities, use, and stowage on board, of lifesaving (personal flotation) devices and other safety equipment to be carried on vessels or classes of vessels operated on waters within the territorial limits of this Commonwealth.ī. Regulations for vessel operation and equipment.Ī. No operator of a vessel under way in the waters of this Commonwealth shall permit such vessel to approach closer than twenty-five yards to any structure from which a diver's flag is then being displayed.ġ987, c. The diver's flag shall be square, not less than twelve inches on a side, and shall be of red background with a diagonal white stripe, of a width equal to one fifth of the flag's height, running from the upper corner adjacent to the mast downward to the opposite outside corner.Ĭ.

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No person shall engage in skin diving or scuba diving from a boat in the waters of this Commonwealth which are open to boating, or assist in such diving, without displaying a diver's flag from a mast, buoy, or other structure at the place of diving and no person shall display such flag except when diving operations are under way or in preparation or display a diver's flag in a location which will unreasonably obstruct vessels from making legitimate navigational use of the water.ī. Persons violating this subsection shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.ġ964, c. No person shall operate a motorboat or manipulate skis within the area of the waters of the Commonwealth marked under this section. The cost of the purchase and placement of the markers shall be borne by the party requesting the placement of the markers.ĭ.

The Department, upon receiving the petition and sufficient proof that the water adjacent to the real estate is used in whole or in part as a public swimming or bathing area, may authorize the placement of the markers to designate the area as a swimming or bathing area.Ĭ.

Any owner of real estate which touches any of the waters of this Commonwealth or the agent of the owner may petition the Board to authorize the placing of markers approved by the Board around a public swimming or bathing area.ī. Authorization for and placing of markers in waters of the Commonwealth used for public swimming areas no motorboating, waterskiing in marked area.Ī.