CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER Q—EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL (parts 159 to 165) > PART 159—APPROVAL OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS > SUBPART 159.010—Independent Laboratory: Acceptance, Recognition, and Termination (§159.010-1 to §159.010-19) > 159.010-1—Purpose.

159.010-1—Purpose.

This subpart contains the following:
(a) The standards and procedures under which the Coast Guard accepts an independent laboratory that a manufacturer proposes to use.
(b) The standards and procedures under which a laboratory is accepted as a recognized laboratory under applicable subparts.
(c) The circumstances under which the acceptance or recognition of a laboratory is terminated.
[CGD 93-055, 61 FR 13928, Mar. 28, 1996]