person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
personal watercraft: means a vessel that uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive power and is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel. See Alabama Code 33-5-51
(1) Any person less than 12 years of age.(2) Any person whose vessel operating right or privilege is suspended.(3) Any person whose vessel operating right or privilege is revoked.(4) Any person who is an habitual abuser of alcohol or drugs.(5) Any person afflicted with or suffering from a physical or mental disability which, in the opinion of the Director of Public Safety or examining officer, will prevent the person from exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a vessel.(6) Any person who is ineligible to receive a driver’s license pursuant to Act 2009-713.(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a person 12 years of age, but less than 14 years of age, who does not have a valid boater safety certification on January 1, 2002, may not operate a vessel, including a personal watercraft, unless the person obtains a valid boater safety certification and is under the immediate supervision of a person who is 21 years of age or older having a valid boater safety certification and who is on the vessel and is in a position to take immediate physical control of the vessel if needed. Also, notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, Alabama residents 12 years of age, but less than 14 years of age on January 1, 2002, may apply for and obtain a boater safety certification and operate a vessel, including a personal watercraft, to the same extent and under the same conditions as persons 14 years of age.
