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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 19. AMUSEMENTS, PARKS, AND RECREATION |
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Chapter 19-10. HARBOR AND BOATING SAFETY |
Section 19-1031. COLLISIONS, ACCIDENTS, AND CASUALTIES
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1031.1To the extent that he or she can do so without serious danger to his or her own vessel or persons aboard, the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty shall render all practical and necessary assistance to persons affected by the collision, accident, or casualty to save them from or minimize any danger caused by the collision, accident, or casualty.
1031.2An operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty shall give, in writing, his or her name, address, and the identification of his or her vessel to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged.
1031.3The duties imposed by this section shall be in addition to any duties otherwise imposed by other law or regulation.
1031.4The operator (or the owner if the operator is incapable or unavailable) of a vessel shall file a written accident or casualty report with the Metropolitan Police Department on the form prescribed by the Chief of Police when, as a result of an incident that involves the vessel or its equipment, one of the following occurs:
(a)A person dies;
(b)A person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid;
(c)Damage to the vessel and other property totals more than two hundred dollars ($200), or there is a complete loss of a vessel; or
(d)A person disappears from the vessel under circumstances that indicate death or injury.
1031.5Accident or casualty reports required by § 1031.4 shall be filed within ten (10) days of the incident or death, except in the following instances:
(a)If a person dies within twenty-four (24) hours of the incident, the report shall be filed within forty-eight (48) hours of the incident; or
(b)If a person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid, or disappears from a vessel, the report shall be filed within forty-eight (48) hours of the incident.
1031.6Notwithstanding the provisions of § 1031.5, if a person dies or disappears from a vessel as a result of an incident that involves the vessel or its equipment, the operator (or the owner if the operator is incapable) of the vessel shall immediately notify the Harbor Master.
1031.7Accident or casualty reports filed under this section shall not be open to public inspection or release; provided, that nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the inspection of a report by any person named in the report or his or her designated representative, or the furnishing of copies of the report to those persons upon the payment of the costs of furnishing the copies.
1031.8Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the disclosure of accident or casualty reports to officials of the governments of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any state or subdivision of a state, for official purposes, or the use of those reports by those officials in any administrative or judicial proceeding in which such governments are interested.