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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 2.5 - The Swimming Pool Safety Act › Section 115928.5.

115928.5. Whenever a building permit is issued for the remodel or modification of an existing swimming pool, toddler pool, or spa, the permit shall require that the suction outlet or suction outlets of the existing swimming pool, toddler pool, or spa be upgraded so as to be equipped with antientrapment grates, as specified in the ANSI/APSP-16 performance standard or a successor standard designated by the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 679, Sec. 3. (AB 2114) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 2.5 - The Swimming Pool Safety Act › Section 115929.

115929. (a)  The Legislature encourages a private entity, in consultation with the Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control Branch of the department, to produce an informative brochure or booklet, for consumer use, explaining the child drowning hazards of, possible safety measures for, and appropriate drowning hazard prevention measures for, home swimming pools and spas, and to donate the document to the department.
(b)  The Legislature encourages the private entity to use existing documents from the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission on pool safety.
(c)  If a private entity produces the document described in subdivisions (a) and (b) and donates it to the department, the department shall review and approve the brochure or booklet.
(d)  Upon approval of the document by the department, the document shall become the property of the state and a part of the public domain. The department shall place the document on its Web site in a format that is readily available for downloading and for publication. The department shall review the document in a timely and prudent fashion and shall complete the review within 18 months of receipt of the document from a private entity.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 422, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 2.7 - Wave Pool Safety Act › Section 115950.

115950. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Wave Pool Safety Act.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 335, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 2.7 - Wave Pool Safety Act › Section 115951.

115951. For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Nonswimmer” means a person who is a weak or inexperienced swimmer or a person who cannot swim.
(b) “Patron” means a swimmer or nonswimmer using a wave pool.
(c) “Rest period” means a period of time that the wave generating equipment for the wave pool is not producing breaking waves.
(d) “Wave pool” means a swimming pool designed for the purpose of producing breaking wave action in the water and that is not primarily designed for standup surfing or bodyboarding.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 335, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 2.8 - Wave Basin Standards › Section 115960.1.

115960.1. The following definitions apply for purposes of this article:
(a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.
(b) “Wave basin” means an artificially constructed body of water within an impervious water containment structure incorporating the use of a mechanical device principally designed to generate waves for surfing on a surfboard or analogous surfing device commonly used in the ocean and intended for sport. “Wave basin” does not include wave pools, as defined under the Wave Pool Safety Act (Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 115950)).
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 461, Sec. 1. (AB 2298) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 2.8 - Wave Basin Standards › Section 115960.2.

115960.2. (a) A wave basin shall be subject to regulation as a permanent amusement ride under the Permanent Amusement Ride Safety Inspection Program (Part 8.1 (commencing with Section 7920) of Division 5 of the Labor Code), and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health may inspect and otherwise oversee the operation of a wave basin to ensure compliance with those standards and requirements. This section does not limit the existing authority of the division to regulate permanent amusement rides.
(b) The department, in consultation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, shall adopt regulations regulating sanitation and safety of wave basins. The department may consider the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, including, but not limited to, the guidance outlined in the Model Aquatic Health Code during the rulemaking process. The regulations adopted pursuant to this section may be modeled upon the sanitation and safety regulations for swimming pools, but shall consider the unique characteristics of a wave basin, including the volume of water, chemical dispersion caused by wave action, and the size of a typical wave basin.
(c) A local health officer shall have the authority to enforce wave basin sanitation and safety regulations adopted by the department, pursuant to subdivision (b), in their jurisdiction.
(d) Nothing in this article shall relieve a wave basin operator from its obligation to comply with applicable sanitation and safety requirements until the wave basin sanitation and safety regulations are adopted by the department pursuant to subdivision (b).
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 461, Sec. 1. (AB 2298) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 3 - Life Saving Devices › Section 115975.

115975. “Resort,” as used in this article, means a resort, bathhouse, or other public place for the purpose of accommodating bathers, bordering upon or adjoining the seacoast or a lake where the public resort for the purpose of bathing in the open sea or lake.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 3 - Life Saving Devices › Section 115980.

115980. No person shall own or conduct a resort unless it is equipped with at least one lifeboat.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 3 - Life Saving Devices › Section 115985.

115985. The boat shall be fully equipped with oars, oarlocks, and not less than two life preservers, and two hundred feet of rope.
It shall be kept in good repair and near the resort.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 3 - Life Saving Devices › Section 115990.

115990. The boat shall have the word “lifeboat” plainly printed or painted upon it. It shall be used for no purpose other than for the saving of life or for other cases of emergency.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 3 - Life Saving Devices › Section 115995.

115995. Every person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than ten nor more than four hundred dollars ($400), or by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or by both.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 3 - Life Saving Devices › Section 116000.

116000. “Resort,” as used in this article, means any public bathing or swimming place or resort on a river or stream.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 3 - Life Saving Devices › Section 116005.

116005. No person shall maintain a resort unless he or she carefully sounds the depth of water and locates the eddies and pools and determines the presence and nature of dangerous currents, sunken logs, rocks, and obstructions in the stream or river.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 3 - Life Saving Devices › Section 116010.

116010. No person shall maintain a resort unless signs indicating in plain letters the depth of water, the location of pools or eddies, and the presence and direction of currents of water are placed and maintained in the water during the season when bathing and swimming are permitted or invited.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 3 - Life Saving Devices › Section 116015.

116015. No person shall maintain a resort unless safety ropes are stretched wherever necessary to show the line of eddies, pools, sunken obstructions, and other hidden dangers to bathers in the water.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 3 - Life Saving Devices › Section 116020.

116020. Every person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116025.

116025. “Public swimming pool,” as used in this article, means any public swimming pool, bathhouse, public swimming and bathing place and all related appurtenances.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116028.

116028. Except as provided in Section 116033, “lifeguard service,” as used in this article, means the attendance at a public swimming pool, during periods of use, of one or more lifeguards who possess, as minimum qualifications, current certificates from an American Red Cross or YMCA of the U.S.A. lifeguard training program, or have equivalent qualifications, as determined by the department, and who are trained to administer first aid, including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation in conformance with Section 123725 and the regulations adopted thereunder, and who have no duties to perform other than to supervise the safety of participants in water-contact activities. “Lifeguard services” includes the supervision of the safety of participants in water-contact activities by lifeguards who are providing swimming lessons, coaching or overseeing water-contact sports, or providing water safety instructions to participants when no other persons are using the facilities unless those persons are supervised by separate lifeguard services.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 273, Sec. 1. (AB 1672) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116030.

116030. (a)  The construction standards as set forth in this article and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, shall not apply to any artificially constructed swimming facility in excess of 20,000 square feet of surface area, including, but not limited to, a manmade lake or swimming lagoon with sand beaches.
(b)  The requirements of this article and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, pertaining to the operation, maintenance, and use of a public swimming pool, including the quality and purity of the water, lifesaving and other measures to ensure the safety of bathers, and measures to ensure personal cleanliness of bathers shall apply to the swimming facilities described in subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116033.

116033. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), persons providing aquatic instruction, including, but not limited to, swimming instruction, water safety instruction, water contact activities, and competitive aquatic sports, at a public swimming pool shall possess current certificates from an American Red Cross or YMCA of the U.S.A. lifeguard training program, or have equivalent qualifications, as determined by the department. In addition, these persons shall be certified in standard first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). All these persons shall meet these qualifications by January 1, 1991. Persons who only disseminate written materials relating to water safety are not persons providing aquatic instruction within the meaning of this section. The requirements of this section shall be waived under either of the following circumstances:
(1) When one or more aquatic instructors possessing the current certificates from an American Red Cross or YMCA of the U.S.A. lifeguard training program, or the equivalent, are in attendance continuously during periods of aquatic instruction.
(2) When one or more lifeguards meeting the requirements of Section 116028 are in attendance continuously during periods of aquatic instruction.
(b) If there is a staffing shortage where a local public agency pool operator, acting in good faith, is unable to maintain required staffing levels to maintain regular operating hours, the local public agency may use qualified lifeguard personnel, as defined in subdivision (c), to provide lifeguard services at a public swimming pool, if both requirements are met:
(1) The public agency is recognized by the United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) as a certified agency capable of administering an ongoing training program.
(2) The legislative body of the public agency makes a finding by resolution stating the use of qualified lifeguard personnel is needed for a time period no longer than 12 months in order to maintain regular operating hours of public swimming pools.
(c) As used in this section, “qualified lifeguard personnel” means a public agency lifeguard who has received and maintains USLA training from a certified agency, is certified in standard first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and has received additional public swimming pool-specific crossover training, provided by personnel certified by a national training agency, including treatment of spinal injuries, floatation device use techniques, pool extraction and extrication techniques, and submerged rescue techniques.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 273, Sec. 2. (AB 1672) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116035.

116035. The department has supervision of sanitation, healthfulness, and safety of public swimming pools.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116038.

116038. Every person proposing to construct a public swimming pool shall file a copy of the plans therefor, prior to construction, with the local health officer having jurisdiction for approval.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116040.

116040. Every person operating or maintaining a public swimming pool must do so in a sanitary, healthful and safe manner.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116043.

116043. Every public swimming pool, including swimming pool structure, appurtenances, operation, source of water supply, amount and quality of water recirculated and in the pool, method of water purification, lifesaving apparatus, measures to insure safety of bathers, and measures to insure personal cleanliness of bathers shall be such that the public swimming pool is at all times sanitary, healthful and safe.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116045.

116045. (a) Lifeguard service shall be provided for any public swimming pool that is of wholly artificial construction and for the use of which a direct fee is charged. For all other public swimming pools, lifeguard service shall be provided or signs shall be erected clearly indicating that the service is not provided.
(b) Every public swimming pool that is required to provide lifeguard services and that charges a direct fee, as defined in subdivision (e), shall provide on its premises an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) unit. The AED unit shall be readily available during pool operations.
(c) (1) In order to ensure public safety, a person or entity that acquires an AED pursuant to these provisions shall comply with Section 1797.196.
(2) Pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 1714.21 of the Civil Code, a person or entity that acquires an AED for emergency care pursuant to this section shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from any acts or omissions in the rendering of emergency care by use of the AED.
(3) Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1714.21 of the Civil Code, a volunteer who in good faith renders emergency care or treatment at the scene of an emergency with the use of an AED that is provided under this section shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from any acts or omissions in rendering the emergency care, subject to the limitation in subdivision (e) of that section.
(d) For purposes of this section, a complex of two or more proximate pools that charges a single fee for admission to all of those pools shall be considered one single public swimming pool.
(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Direct fee” means a separately stated fee or charge for the use of a public swimming pool to the exclusion of any other service, facility, or amenity.
(2) “Public swimming pool” means any public swimming pool defined in Section 116025 that is open to the public.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 270, Sec. 2. (AB 1766) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116046.

116046. (a) The State Department of Education, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall issue best practices guidelines related to pool safety at K–12 schools.
(b) Guidelines promulgated pursuant to this section that relate to the use or placement of automated external defibrillators shall be consistent with the requirements imposed under Section 1797.196, and shall include a reference to Section 49417 of the Education Code for purposes of providing information to schools about the liability protections and funding mechanisms provided in that section.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 270, Sec. 3. (AB 1766) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116048.

116048. (a)  On or after January 1, 1987, for public swimming pools in any common interest development, as defined in Section 4100 or 6534 of the Civil Code, that consists of fewer than 25 separate interests, as defined in Section 4185 or 6564 of the Civil Code, the person operating each pool open for use shall be required to keep a record of the information required by subdivision (a) of Section 65523 of Title 22 of the California Administrative Code, except that the information shall be recorded at least two times per week and at intervals no greater than four days apart.
(b)  On or after January 1, 1987, any rule or regulation of the department that is in conflict with subdivision (a) is invalid.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 181, Sec. 77) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 605, Sec. 46. (SB 752) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116049.

116049. (a)  “Public swimming pool,” as used in this section, means any public swimming pool defined in Section 116025 that is owned or operated by the state or any local governmental entity, including, but not limited to, any city, county, city and county, charter city, charter county, or charter city and county.
(b)  All dry-niche light fixtures, and all underwater wet-niche light fixtures operating at more than 15 volts in public swimming pools shall be protected by a ground-fault circuit interrupter in the branch circuit, and all light fixtures in public swimming pools shall have encapsulated terminals. This subdivision is declaratory of existing law.
(c)  Any public swimming pools that do not meet the requirements specified in subdivision (b) by January 1, 1995, shall be retrofitted to comply with these requirements by January 1, 1996.
(d)  The ground-fault circuit interrupter required pursuant to this section shall comply with Underwriter’s Laboratory standards.
(e)  Any state or local governmental entity that owns or operates a public swimming pool shall have its public swimming pool inspected by a qualified inspector prior to July 1, 1996, to determine compliance with this section.
(f)  A public swimming pool may charge a fee, or increase its fee charged, to the public for use of the pool, for the purpose of recovering the administrative and other costs of retrofitting pools in compliance with this section. The charge or increase due to this section shall terminate when funds sufficient to cover these costs are collected.
(g)  All electrical work required for compliance with this section shall be performed by an electrician licensed pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116049.1.

116049.1. (a)  “Public swimming pool,” as used in this section, means any swimming pool operated for the use of the general public with or without charge, or for the use of the members and guests of a private club, including any swimming pool located on the grounds of a hotel, motel, inn, an apartment complex, or any residential setting other than a single-family home. For purposes of this section, public swimming pool shall not include a swimming pool located on the grounds of a private single-family home.
(b)   The design and installation of all underwater lighting systems, operating at more than 15 volts, supplied from a branch circuit either directly or by way of a transformer, shall be installed in a public swimming pool, as defined in this section, so that there is no shock hazard with any likely combination of fault conditions during normal use, and shall comply with both of the following requirements:
(1)  An approved ground-fault circuit interrupter shall be installed in the branch circuit that supplies all fixtures operating at more than 15 volts.
(2)  Only approved underwater lighting fixtures shall be used and no lighting fixtures shall be installed for operations at more than 150 volts between conductors.
(c)  Any public swimming pool that does not meet the requirements specified in subdivision (b), shall be retrofitted to comply with these requirements by May 1, 1999.
(d)  The ground-fault circuit interrupter required pursuant to this section shall comply with standards acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
(e)  The owner or operator of a public swimming pool shall, on or before May 1, 1999, comply with both of the following:
(1)  Obtain an inspection of its public swimming pool by the local health officer or a qualified contractor as set forth in subdivision (f).
(2)  Certify to the local health officer as set forth in Section 116053 that the public swimming pool facility is in compliance with this section.
(f)  All electrical work required for compliance with this section shall be performed by a person licensed to perform electrical work within his or her general, specialty, or limited specialty contractor’s licensed scope of practice pursuant to Section 7059 of the Business and Professions Code.
(g)  This section shall be known and may be cited as the Yasmin Paleso’o Memorial Swimming Pool Safety Law.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 426, Sec. 2. Effective September 11, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116050.

116050. Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall make and enforce regulations pertaining to public swimming pools as it deems proper and shall enforce building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to public swimming pools; provided, that no rule or regulation as to design or construction of pools shall apply to any pool that has been constructed before the adoption of the regulation, if the pool as constructed is reasonably safe and the manner of the construction does not preclude compliance with the requirements of the regulations as to bacteriological and chemical quality and clarity of the water in the pool. The department shall adopt and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13 for the purposes described in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 435. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116053.

116053. Every health officer shall enforce the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to swimming pools and the other regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this article in his or her jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116055.

116055. For the purposes of this article, any health officer, or any inspector of the department, may at all reasonable times enter all parts of the premises of a public swimming pool to make examination and investigation to determine the sanitary condition and whether this article, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to swimming pools, or the other regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this article are being violated.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116058.

116058. The department may publish the reports of inspections.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116060.

116060. Any public swimming pool constructed, operated, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this article is a public nuisance, dangerous to health.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116063.

116063. Any nuisance maintained in violation of this article may be abated or enjoined in an action brought by a local health officer, or the department, or it may be summarily abated in the manner provided by law for the summary abatement of other public nuisances dangerous to health.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116065.

116065. Every person who violates any provision of this article, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to swimming pools, or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 5 - Swimming Pool Sanitation and Safety › Section 116068.

116068. Each day that a violation of this article continues is a separate offense.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 6 - Ocean Water-Contact Sports › Section 116070.

116070. As used in this article, water-contact sport means any sport in which the body of a person comes into physical contact with water, including but not limited to swimming, surfboarding, paddleboarding, skin diving, and water-skiing. It does not include boating or fishing.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 6 - Ocean Water-Contact Sports › Section 116075.

116075. The department has supervision of sanitation, healthfulness, and safety of the public beaches and public water-contact sport areas of the ocean waters and bays of the state and, except as provided in Section 18930, the department may make and enforce regulations pertaining thereto as it deems proper.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 6 - Ocean Water-Contact Sports › Section 116080.

116080. Regulations made pursuant to this article shall include suitable standards of safe bacteria count for water-contact sports areas specified by the State Water Pollution Control Board or regional water pollution control boards, which standards shall be applied to all public water-contact sport areas of the ocean waters and bays of the state.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 6 - Ocean Water-Contact Sports › Section 116085.

116085. Every person who violates any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 6 - Ocean Water-Contact Sports › Section 116090.

116090. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to give the department the authority to fix the areas wherein water-contact sports may be engaged in or to affect the authority of the State Water Pollution Control Board or regional water pollution control boards to fix appropriate areas for various uses.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 5 - Safe Recreational Water Use › ARTICLE 7 - Fish and Shellfish Consumption Advisories › Section 116090.6.

116090.6. For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Local health officer” means the legally appointed health officer or director of environmental health of the city, county, or city and county, having jurisdiction over the area in which a publicly accessible body of water is located, which may include a coastal area.
(b) “Office” means the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
(c) “Site-specific fish or shellfish health advisory” means a consumption advisory regarding fish or shellfish in a specified body of water or area of that body of water, which may include a specified area of coastal waters.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 538, Sec. 1. (AB 762) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 6 - Pilot Project for School Athletics Safety › Section 116091.

116091. The Pupil Athletic Access and Safety Program pilot project is hereby established in the State Department of Education for the purpose of providing grants to private statewide nonprofit organizations in two regions to support a partnership to facilitate pupil participation and safety in high school interscholastic athletics that would primarily benefit low-income pupils.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 553, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 6 - Pilot Project for School Athletics Safety › Section 116092.

116092. (a)  One of the pilot projects shall be in southern California.
(b)  One of the pilot projects shall be in northern California.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 553, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 6 - Pilot Project for School Athletics Safety › Section 116093.

116093. (a)  A pilot project shall use grant funds for all of the following purposes:
(1)  To provide onsite nationally certified athletic trainers to participating schools. The project may provide a certified athletic trainer, or funds to help pay the costs associated with ensuring that there is an onsite athletic trainer, for at least 30 hours per week. Funds received pursuant to this section shall be used only to provide supplemental staff or services and shall not displace or reduce existing staff or services. Athletic trainers provided pursuant to this section shall not displace or reduce the hours or benefits available to any classified or certified employee who provides athletic training services for participating schools prior to the effective date of this section. A participating school that currently employs an athletic trainer shall coordinate the use of his or her services with the pilot project.
(2)  To provide appropriate medical supplies and other supplies necessary to prevent and care for sports-related injuries.
(3)  To provide in-service meetings for coaches and trainers, and to ensure that coaches and trainers receive first aid and CPR certification.
(4)  To provide mentoring opportunities for pupils interested in the medical and athletic training fields.
(5)  To provide community educational seminars for pupils, parents, trainers, coaches, and administrators on nutrition, the avoidance of drugs, and on injuries and prevention.
(6)  To inform pupils about the availability of low-cost health insurance, including Medi-Cal and the Healthy Families Program.
(7)  To provide strength training workshops for pupil-athletes and an off-season training program.
(b)  Health care providers, including athletic trainers who participate in the pilot project shall not refer pupils to their own practice, to the practice of the other health care providers participating in the pilot project, or to the practice of other health care providers in whose practice they have a financial interest.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 553, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 10 - RECREATIONAL SAFETY › CHAPTER 6 - Pilot Project for School Athletics Safety › Section 116095.

116095. By January 1, 2005, the department, or its administering contracting entity, shall submit a report to the Legislature on the evaluation of the pilot projects pursuant to this chapter, including the number of schools and pupils assisted by or participating in the various components of the project, and the extent to which the measurable objectives listed in the proposal were met.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 553, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 116100.

116100. As used in Article 5 (commencing with Section 116185) of Chapter 2, “department” means the State Department of Health Services.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 116102.

116102. “Place,” as used in Article 3 (commencing with Section 116125) of Chapter 2 and Section 116250, includes land, place, building, structure, wharf, pier, dock, vessel, or water craft.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 116104.

116104. “Rodents,” as used in Article 3 (commencing with Section 116125) of Chapter 2 and Section 116250, means rats, mice, gophers, and ground squirrels.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 116106.

116106. “Possess,” as used in Article 3 (commencing with Section 116125) of Chapter 2 and Section 116250, includes control, own, lease, occupy, possess, or have charge of or dominion over.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 116108.

116108. “Vector,” as used in Article 1 (commencing with Section 116110) of, and Article 2 (commencing with Section 116120) of Chapter 2, and Section 106925, means any animal capable of transmitting the causative agent of human disease or capable of producing human discomfort or injury, including, but not limited to, mosquitoes, flies, other insects, ticks, mites, and rats.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 1 - Vector Biology and Control › Section 116110.

116110. The department shall maintain a program of vector biology and control including, but not limited to, the following:
(a)  Providing consultation and assistance to local vector control agencies in developing and conducting programs for the prevention and control of vectors.
(b)  Surveillance of vectors and vector-borne diseases.
(c)  Coordinating and conducting emergency vector control, as required.
(d)  Training and certifying government agency vector control technicians.
(e)  Disseminating information to the public regarding protection from vectors and vector-borne diseases.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 1 - Vector Biology and Control › Section 116111.

116111. The department may provide any necessary and proper assistance and support to the vector control programs of counties, cities, cities and counties, mosquito abatement and vector control districts, and pest abatement districts.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 1 - Vector Biology and Control › Section 116112.

116112. The Vectorborne Disease Account is hereby established within the State Treasury. When appropriated by the Legislature, the funds deposited in the Vectorborne Disease Account shall be available for expenditure by the department to support activities for the prevention, surveillance, and control of vectorborne diseases and to support other activities that carry out the purposes of this part.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 38, Sec. 3. Effective May 7, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 2 - Importation of Exotic Vectors › Section 116120.

116120. (a)  It shall be unlawful for any person to import into the state any exotic vector without written approval from the state department.
(b)  The state department shall issue an applicant written authority to import into the state any exotic vector upon a determination by the state department that the public health and safety will not be endangered thereby.
(c)  “Exotic vector” means a vector species that is not native to California and is not commonly found in the state.
(d)  Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 3 - Rodent Abatement › Section 116125.

116125. Every person possessing a place that is infested with rodents, as soon as their presence comes to his or her knowledge, shall at once proceed and continue in good faith to endeavor to exterminate and destroy the rodents, by poisoning, trapping, and other appropriate means, and to abate the conditions listed in Section 17920.3 that are causing the infestation.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 81, Sec. 2. (SB 1167) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 3 - Rodent Abatement › Section 116130.

116130. The department, the board of supervisors of each county, local health officers, or inspectors appointed by any of them, as provided in this article and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 116250), may inspect a place for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is infested with rodents and whether the requirements of this article and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 116250) as to their extermination and destruction, and the abatement of the conditions listed in Section 17920.3 that are causing the infestation are being complied with. However, no building occupied as a dwelling, hotel, or rooming house, shall be entered for inspection purposes except between the hours of 9 a.m., and 5 p.m.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 81, Sec. 3. (SB 1167) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 3 - Rodent Abatement › Section 116135.

116135. The board of supervisors of each county and the governing body of each city, whenever it may by resolution determine that it is necessary for the preservation of the public health or to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious disease, communicable to mankind, or when it determines that it is necessary to prevent great and irreparable damage to crops or other property, may appropriate money for the purchase of, and may purchase, poison, traps, and other materials for the purpose of exterminating and destroying rodents and abating the conditions listed in Section 17920.3 that are causing the infestation in that county or city, and may employ and pay inspectors, who shall prosecute the work of extermination, destruction, and abatement on both private and public property in the county or city.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 81, Sec. 4. (SB 1167) Effective January 1, 2015.)