Section 270-D:2-c Boating Safety Checklist. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. No person shall rent a vessel for operation on any waters of this state, including tidal and coastal waters and all inland waters, unless the rental operator initials a rental safety checklist, prepared by the department of safety, which certifies the rental operator's knowledge of boating safety laws and which certifies that the rental operator possesses a safe boater education certificate or its equivalent. In addition, no person shall rent or lease any motorized watercraft to another person without providing the renter or lessee with written instructions on operating the watercraft in accordance with New Hampshire law, and reviewing with the renter or lessee such written instructions and the guidelines on New Hampshire navigation laws provided by the division.
   II. (a) The rental safety checklist shall include, but shall not be limited to, knowledge of the following provisions of the marine laws:
         (1) Safe passage.
         (2) DWI.
         (3) Headway speed.
         (4) Safety equipment.
         (5) Navigational lights requirements.
      (b) The checklists shall include a provision which states that the rental operator is responsible for anyone who operates the vessel in accordance with RSA 270-D.
   III. The rental safety checklist shall include a provision in which the operator acknowledges that the director may require the operator to attend a boat safety course, as provided in RSA 270:46-a, for violating any of the boating laws or rules of the division.

Source. 1996, 245:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1997. 2002, 272:11, eff. May 18, 2002. 2007, 101:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.