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2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
CHAPTER 46-22 - Regulation of Boats
§ 46-22-9.2 - Flotation devices – Children.
SECTION 46-22-9.2
§ 46-22-9.2 Flotation devices – Children. – Any person transporting a child under thirteen (13) years of age in a recreational vessel less than sixty-five (65) feet in length on the waters of this state shall require that the child wear a personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard when underway, unless below deck or in a closed cabin.
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