(a) As used in this Section:
     “Engine cut-off switch link” means the lanyard or wireless cut-off device used to attach the motorboat operator to the engine cut-off switch installed on the motorboat.
     “Engine cut-off switch” means an operational emergency cut-off engine stop switch installed on a motorboat that attaches to a motorboat operator by an engine cut-off switch link.
     (b) No person may operate any motor boat, including personal watercraft or specialty prop-craft, equipped with an engine cut-off switch while the engine is running and the motorboat is underway without verifying that the engine cut-off switch is operational and fully-functional and:
         (1) the engine cut-off switch link is properly
    
attached to his or her person, clothing or worn PFD, as appropriate for the specific vessel; or
        (2) activating the wireless cut-off system.