14-15-9-7. Surfacing within 100 feet of divers down flag

IN Code § 14-15-9-7 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 7. (a) Except during an emergency, a diver shall surface within one hundred (100) feet of the divers down flag displayed for the diver.

(b) If:

(1) a diver surfaces at a distance greater than one hundred (100) feet from the divers down flag displayed for the diver; and

(2) the diver is injured by a watercraft while surfacing;

the operator of the watercraft is not liable for the injury to the diver unless the operator was negligent in the operation of the watercraft.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-1-7-8.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.8.