122.210—Alcohol or drug use by individuals directly involved in casualties.
(a)
For each marine casualty required to be reported by § 122.202, the owner, agent, master, or person in charge of the vessel shall determine whether there is any evidence of alcohol or drug use by individuals directly involved in the casualty.
(b)
The owner, agent, master, or person in charge of the vessel shall include in the written report (Form CG-2692), submitted for the casualty information which:
(1)
Identifies those individuals for whom evidence of drug or alcohol use, or evidence of intoxication, has been obtained; and
(2)
Specifies the method used to obtain such evidence, such as personal observation of the individual, or by chemical testing of the individual.
(c)
An entry must be made in the Official Logbook, if carried, pertaining to those individuals for whom evidence of intoxication is obtained. The individual must be informed of this entry and the entry must be witnessed by a second person.
(d)
If an individual directly involved in a casualty refuses to submit to, or cooperate in, the administration of a timely chemical test, when directed by a Coast Guard commissioned, warrant, or petty officer, or any other law enforcement officer authorized to obtain a chemical test under Federal, State, or local law, or by the owner, agent, master, or person in charge, this fact must be noted in the official Logbook, if carried, and in the written report (Form CG 2692), and will be admissible as evidence in any administrative proceeding.