46 C.F.R. § 108.157

Locked doors.

Last amended: 2016Year: 2026Length: 80 wordsSubsections: 2Official source

Cite as 46 C.F.R. § 108.157 (2026)

No door to the required means of escape may be designed to lock except— (a) A crash door or a door that has a locking device that can be easily forced, if on both sides of the door a permanent and easily seen instruction is placed; or (b) An outside door to a deckhouse if the door can be locked by key only and if the master or person in charge has control of the key to the door's lock.
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