Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 10 - PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-10-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
Whenever used in these rules, unless the context otherwise
					 requires, the word:
"Beach venue" means any swimming area created by the
					 enclosure or alteration of natural shoreline and having a beach area.
"Closed system" means a saltwater swimming pool that does
					 not exchange its water with any other bodies of water either naturally or
					 mechanically.
"Department" means the department of health of the State
					 of Hawaii.
"Director" means the director of the department or a duly
					 authorized agent or representative.
"Freshwater" means water with dissolved inorganic ion
					 concentrations (salinity) equal to or less than 0.5 parts per thousand.
"Freshwater swimming pool" means a swimming pool
					 containing freshwater.
"Marine habitat venue" means a man-made enclosure
					 containing water that is the site of a highly supervised program aimed at
					 encouraging the interaction of humans with marine life.
"Monitoring plan" means a written description of all
					 procedures used to evaluate water quality within and near (in the case of an
					 open system) a specific public swimming pool that includes:
(1) A complete description of the parameters to be
					 evaluated, the sampling design, and the sampling schedule;
(2) A section on quality assurance/quality control which
					 shall describe methods of sample collection and analysis, data reporting, and
					 show all water quality-related forms to be used by the public swimming pool
					 operator; and
(3) Criteria for selection of an analytical laboratory or
					 method.
"Open system" means a saltwater swimming pool that
					 exchanges its water with other bodies of water by mechanical pumping
					 force.
"Ornamental pool" means any pool designed for decorative
					 purpose and not for bathing or swimming.
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
					 association, corporation, company, governmental agency, club, or
					 organization.
"Private residential swimming pool" means any swimming
					 pool located on a single family residence under the control of the homeowner or
					 occupants, the use of which is limited to swimming or bathing by family members
					 or their invited guests. These pools shall also include private residential
					 saltwater pools, spas, hot tubs, furo (Japanese baths), and similar
					 pools.
"Public freshwater swimming pool" means a freshwater
					 swimming pool, other than a private residential swimming pool, which is
					 intended to be used collectively by a number of persons for swimming or bathing
					 regardless of whether a fee is charged for the use. These pools shall also
					 include but not be limited to public wading pools, therapeutic pools, spas, and
					 similar pools.
"Public saltwater specialty swimming pool" means any
					 saltwater swimming pool, other than a private residential saltwater swimming
					 pool, which is intended to be used collectively by a number of persons for
					 swimming or bathing regardless of whether a fee is charged for the use. These
					 pools shall also include but not be limited to public saltwater wading pools,
					 therapeutic saltwater pools, saltwater spas, and similar pools.
"Public swimming pool" means any swimming pool, other than
					 a private residential swimming pool, which is intended to be used collectively
					 by a number of persons for swimming or bathing regardless of whether a fee is
					 charged for the use. These pools shall also include but not be limited to
					 public wading pools, therapeutic pools, spas, and similar pools.
"Quality assurance" means an integrated system of
					 management activities involving planning, implementation, assessment,
					 reporting, and quality improvement to ensure that a process, item, or service
					 is of the type and quality needed and expected.
"Quality control" means the overall system of technical
					 activities that measures the attributes and performance of a process, item, or
					 service against defined standards to verify that they meet the stated
					 requirements established by the pool operator, operational techniques and
					 activities that are used to fulfill requirements for quality.
"Saltwater" means water with dissolved inorganic ion
					 concentrations greater than 0.5 parts per thousand.
"Saltwater swimming pool" means a swimming pool containing
					 saltwater.
"Swimming pool" means any man-made enclosure, structure,
					 basin, chamber, or tank containing an artificial body of water that is used for
					 swimming, diving, or recreational bathing or therapy by humans.
"Water quality monitoring data" means measurements and
					 analytical results of swimming pool water samples that were taken to confirm
					 compliance with this chapter.