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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-22-9.2
Flotation devices — Children
P.L. 1990, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 362, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 329, § 1.
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