Sec. 80.1115  Transmission of a distress alert by a station not itself 
          in distress.

    (a) A station in the mobile or mobile-satellite service which learns 
that a mobile unit is in distress must initiate and transmit a distress 
alert relay in any of the following cases:
    (1) When the mobile unit in distress is not itself in a position to 
transmit the distress alert; or
    (2) When the master or person responsible for the mobile unit not in 
distress or the person responsible for the land station determines that 
further help is necessary.
    (b) A station transmitting a distress alert relay in accordance with 
paragraph (a) of this section or Sec. 80.1121(c) must indicate that it 
is not itself in distress.