Arizona Administrative Code › Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - FOOD, RECREATIONAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL SANITATION › Article 8 - PUBLIC AND SEMIPUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AND BATHING PLACES › Section R9-8-801 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In this Article, unless otherwise specified:
1. "Artificial lake" has the same meaning as
				in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
2. "Backwash"
				has the same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
3. "Bathing place" means a volume of water
				that is used for water contact recreation.
4. "Clean" means free from slime, scum, dirt,
				or other debris.
5. "Deck" has the
				same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
6. "Department" means the Arizona Department
				of Health Services.
7.
				"Incontinent" means unable to restrain a bowel movement.
8. "Local health department" has the same
				meaning as in A.R.S. §
									36-671.
9. "Maximum bathing load" has the same
				meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
10.
				"Natural bathing place" has the same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
11. "Operate" has the same meaning as in
				A.A.C. R18-5-201.
12. "Operator"
				means an individual who owns, runs, maintains, or otherwise controls or directs
				the functioning of a bathing place.
13. "Oxidation-reduction potential" means the
				measurement in millivolts of the potential for transfer of electrons from one
				atom or molecule to another in water.
14. "Potable water" has the same meaning as
				in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
15. "Ppm"
				means parts per million.
16.
				"Private residential spa" has the same meaning as in A.A.C.
				R18-5-201.
17. "Private residential
				swimming pool" has the same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
18. "Public health services district" has the
				same meaning as "district" in A.R.S. §
									48-5801.
19. "Public spa" has the same meaning as in
				A.A.C. R18-5-201.
20. "Public
				swimming pool" has the same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
21. "Regulatory authority" means the
				Department or a local health department or public health services district
				operating under a delegation of authority from the Department.
22. "Sanitary facility" means a designated
				area that includes a toilet, urinal, sink, or shower.
23. "Scum" means a film that forms on the
				surface of water.
24.
				"Semi-artificial bathing place" means a lake, pond, river, stream, swimming
				hole, or hot spring that is modified to be used for water contact
				recreation.
25. "Semipublic spa"
				has the same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
26. "Semipublic swimming pool" has the same
				meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
27.
				"Shallow area" has the same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
28. "Shock treatment" means adding chlorine
				to water to elevate the free chlorine residual to 20 ppm and destroy ammonia
				and nitrogenous and organic contaminants in the water.
29. "Slime" means a glutinous or viscous
				liquid matter.
30. "Spa" has the
				same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
31. "Swimming pool" has
				the same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
32. "Turnover rate" has
				the same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
33. "Wading pool" has
				the same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
34. "Water circulation
				system" has the same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
35. "Water circulation
				system components" has the same meaning as in A.A.C. R18-5-201.
36.
				"Water fountain" means a bathing place that functions by using mechanical means
				to propel a stream of water out of an opening or structure.
37.
				"Water contact recreation" means an activity for enjoyment in which an
				individual wets all or part of the individual's body with
				water.