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A boating injury needs treatment beyond first aid. When is the federal report due?
Submit the report within 48 hours.
- Within 30 days
- At the next registration
- Within 48 hours ✔
Why: Federal rules require a report within 48 hours when an injury needs treatment beyond first aid. Submit it to the proper reporting authority.
Huh, didn't know that: If someone disappears from a boat, the federal report is also due within 48 hours.
The report brought a pen because it wanted to make its deadline in ink.
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Answer: Within 48 hours. Federal rules require a report within 48 hours when an injury needs treatment beyond first aid. Submit it to the proper reporting authority.
- 33 CFR 173.55 Report of Casualty or Accident www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-I/subchapter-S/part-173/subpart-C/section-173.55
Within 48 hours of the occurrence if a person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid, or disappears from a vessel
Checked 2026-10-09. - 33 CFR 173.57 Contents of Report www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-I/subchapter-S/part-173/subpart-C/section-173.57
must be in writing, dated upon completion, and signed by the person who prepared it
Checked 2026-10-09.
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