California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4 - Environmental Health › Chapter 20 - Public Swimming Pools › Article 1 - Definitions and Scope › Section 65501 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) "Ancillary
				  Facility" means any area used in conjunction with or for the operation of a
				  public pool, including, but not limited to, public dressing rooms, lockers,
				  shower or bathroom areas, drinking fountains, equipment rooms, pool deck areas,
				  pool enclosures, or building spaces, that is intended to be used by pool
				  users.
(b) "Clean Pool Water" means
				  public pool water maintained free of dirt, oils, scum, algae, floating debris,
				  or visible organic and inorganic materials that would pollute the
				  water.
(c) "Communicable Disease"
				  means an illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs
				  through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its
				  products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector, or the inanimate
				  environment to a susceptible animal or human host.
(d) "Clear Pool Water" means public pool
				  water that is free from cloudiness and is transparent.
(e) "Enforcing Agent" means the local health
				  officer, director of environmental health, registered environmental health
				  specialist, environmental health specialist trainee, or an inspector of the
				  State Department of Public Health.
(f) "Pool Operator" means the pool owner or a
				  person the pool owner delegates to conduct public pool operation and
				  maintenance. The public pool owner may delegate pool operator responsibilities
				  to another person, but the pool owner shall retain responsibility for ensuring
				  compliance with these regulations.
(g) "Pool User" means a person using a public
				  pool or ancillary facilities for the purpose of participating in or watching
				  pool users engaged in water activities such as diving, swimming, or
				  wading.
(h) "Public Pool" means any
				  public swimming pool, public bathhouse, public swimming place, and public
				  bathing place that is or includes an artificial basin, chamber, or tank
				  constructed or prefabricated with impermeable surfaces and such pools,
				  bathhouses, and places are used or intended to be used for public swimming,
				  diving, or recreational water activities. "Public Pool" does not include
				  individual therapeutic tubs or baths where the main purpose is cleaning of the
				  body.
(i) "Public Pool Sites" means
				  all public pools, ancillary facilities, and water treatment systems at the
				  public pool premises.
(j)
				  "Recirculation System" means the system of hydraulic components designed to
				  remove, filter, disinfect, and return water to the public pool.
(k) "Spa" means a public pool that
				  incorporates a water jet system, an aeration system, or a combination of the
				  two systems used in conjunction with heated water.
(l) "Special Purpose Pool" means a public
				  pool constructed exclusively for a specific purpose, such as instruction,
				  diving, or medical treatment.
(m)
				  "Splash Zone" means the maximum distance the water from a spray ground can
				  project horizontally.
(n) "Spray
				  Ground" means a public pool with no standing water in the splash zone and
				  consists of a surge basin with a recirculation system from which water is
				  directed through water features for contact with pool users.
(o) "Surge Basin" means a reservoir or surge
				  trench open to the atmosphere that receives water via gravity flow from the
				  main drain, spray ground, or perimeter overflow system and from which the
				  recirculation system operates.
(p)
				  "Wading Pool" means a public pool intended to be used for wading by small
				  children and having a maximum water depth of 18 inches (457 mm) at the deepest
				  point.
(q) "Water Feature" means an
				  interactive device or structure such as a water fountain, water spray, dancing
				  water jet, waterfall, dumping bucket, or shooting water cannon through which
				  water is directed at the pool user.
(r) "Water Treatment System" means all
				  materials and equipment related to disinfection, water quality, recirculation,
				  and filtration.
1. New
					 Chapter 20 (Articles 1-3, Sections
					 65501-65547, not consecutive)
					 filed 10-16-80; designated effective 10-1-81 (Register 80, No.
					 42).
2. Editorial correction of effective date of History Note No. 1
					 (Register 80, No. 52).
3. Editorial change filed 9-4-81
					 redesignating effective date of 10-16-80 order from 10-1-81 to 12-30-81
					 (Register 81, No. 36).
4. Repealer and new section and amendment of
					 NOTE filed 10-14-2014; operative 1-1-2015 (Register 2014, No.
					 42).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						116050,
						131052
						and
						131200,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						116025,
						116035,
						116043,
						116050
						and
						116055,
						Health and Safety Code.