Section 101.7. Accident prevention investigations

(a) The Commission may conduct in-depth investigations into the human, weather, equipment, operational and environmental aspects of boating accidents for the purpose of reviewing the potential causes of accidents and ways of preventing similar accidents. The officer or other employe conducting an in-depth accident prevention investigation shall have access to boating accident reports filed by operators and owners, accident investigation reports and other Commission records related to the accident.

(b) Information, records and reports associated with in-depth accident prevention investigations are for the internal use of the Commission in preventing accidents and will not be be releasable since they contain privileged and nonpublic information.

The provisions of this § 101.7 amended March 13, 1987, effective March 14, 1987, 17 Pa.B. 1084; amended June 3, 1994, effective June 4, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 2795. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (155735) to (155736).