R650-215-6. Required Wearing of PFDs

(1) A person may not use an inflatable PFD to meet the requirements of this section. (2) All persons on board a personal watercraft shall wear a PFD. (3) The operator of a vessel under 19 feet in length shall ensure each passenger 12 years of age or younger wears a PFD at all times while onboard the vessel. (4) The operator of a vessel 19 feet or more in length shall ensure each passenger 12 years of age or younger wears a PFD at all times while onboard the vessel, except when the passenger is inside a cabin area. (5) On every river, every person on board a vessel shall wear a PFD, except that a PFD may be loosened or removed by a person 13 years of age or older on designated flat water river sections as listed in Section R650-215-10.