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[CITE: 46USC2303a]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
               CHAPTER 23--OPERATION OF VESSELS GENERALLY
 
Sec. 2303a. Post serious marine casualty alcohol testing

    (a) The Secretary shall establish procedures to ensure that after a 
serious marine casualty occurs, alcohol testing of crew members or other 
persons responsible for the operation or other safety-sensitive 
functions of the vessel or vessels involved in such casualty is 
conducted no later than 2 hours after the casualty occurs, unless such 
testing cannot be completed within that time due to safety concerns 
directly related to the casualty.
    (b) The procedures in subsection (a) shall require that if alcohol 
testing cannot be completed within 2 hours of the occurrence of the 
casualty, such testing shall be conducted as soon thereafter as the 
safety concerns in subsection (a) have been adequately addressed to 
permit such testing, except that such testing may not be required more 
than 8 hours after the casualty occurs.

(Added Pub. L. 105-383, title III, Sec. 304(d)(1), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 
Stat. 3419.)
