1. (a) Except during an emergency, a diver shall surface within one hundred (100) feet of the divers down flag displayed for the diver.

2. (b) If:

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

   2. (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.