1547.05 Completing boating course as prerequisite to licensing. - Ohio Statutes

1547.05 Completing boating course as prerequisite to licensing.

No person born on or after January 1, 1982, shall operate on the waters in this state a powercraft powered by more than ten horsepower, unless the operator successfully has completed either a safe boater course approved by the national association of state boating law administrators or a proctored or nonproctored proficiency examination that tests knowledge of information included in the curriculum of such a course, and has received a certificate as evidence of successful completion of the course or examination.

No person shall permit a powercraft to be operated on the waters in this state in violation of this section.

Effective Date: 01-01-2000; 04-06-2007