TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES
DIVISION 5: PUBLIC SAFETY
§ 5441. Accident Reports. (a) The operator of a vessel shall submit a written casualty or accident report to the director whenever a boating accident results in: (1) The death or the disappearance of any person under circumstances that indicate death or injury; (2) Personal injury requiring medical treatment beyond first aid; or (3) Damage to any vessel and other property damage totaling more than $200. (b) The report required by this section must be made: (1) Within 48 hours of the occurrence, if said accident has caused the death, disappearance of any person or a person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid; and (2) Within five days of every other accident. (c) Whenever the operator of a vessel is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of an accident as required in subsection (a) of this section and the operator is not the owner of the vessel, then the owner of the vessel involved in such accident shall make the report not made by the operator. Source: PL 3-25, § 16. Commission Comment: With respect to the reference to the “director” of the Department of Public Safety, see Executive Order 94-3 (effective August 23, 1994), reorganizing the executive branch, changing agency names and official titles, and effecting other changes, set forth in the Commission comment to 1 CMC § 2001.