Indiana Boating

Laws and Safety Equipment
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1	Laws
2	Registration
3	Safety Equipment-Life Jackets
4	Fire Extinguishers
5	Visual Distress Signals
6	Ventilation
7	Mufflers
8	Backfire and Flame Control
9	Whistle Bell and Horn
10	Navigation Lights
11	Pollution and Garbage
12	Safe and Legal Operation
13	Personal Watercraft
14	Water Events
15	Diving
16	Boating Under the Influence
17	Accidents
18	The Environment
19	Chapter Review

Indiana law requires that scuba divers or snorkelers display a “Divers-Down” flag to mark the diving area. The Divers-Down flag:

Must be free flying; and
Shall be lowered when all divers are aboard or ashore.
A person may not operate a watercraft within one hundred fifty (150) feet of a Divers-Down flag unless the watercraft is directly involved in supporting the diver who is displaying the flag.
A diver may not dive or display a Divers-Down flag within one hundred fifty (150) feet of an anchored watercraft unless the watercraft is directly involved in supporting the diver.
Except during an emergency, a diver shall surface within one hundred (100) feet of the divers-down flag displayed for the diver.

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