Indiana Administrative Code › Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION › Article 20 - SWIMMING POOL CODE › Rule 1.1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 1.1-16 - Definitions "P"

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  22-13-2-2
Affected: IC 22-12; IC 22-13; IC 22-15; IC 36-7
Sec. 16.
(a)
				"Perimeter overflow system" means a continuous channel formed into the sidewall
				entirely around the perimeter of the pool, unless interrupted by steps, into
				which surface pool water is continuously drawn during normal operation to
				provide a skimming action.
(b)
				"Pinching hazard" means any configuration of components that would pinch or
				entrap the fingers or toes of a bather.
(c) "Play feature" means a physical object
				installed in or adjacent to a pool or water attraction that is intended for
				recreational use.
(d) "Pool"
				includes the following:
(1) "Activity pool"
				means a water attraction with a depth of greater than twenty-four (24) inches
				designed primarily for play activity that uses constructed features and devices
				including, but not limited to, pad walks, flotation devices, and similar
				attractions. The installation of a single basketball hoop, flotation device, or
				volleyball net does not transform a pool into a water attraction.
(2) "Combination pool" means a pool used for
				swimming and diving.
(3) "Diving
				pool" means a pool used exclusively for diving.
(4) "Exercise pool" means a pool of shallow
				depth usually associated with a health spa and that may or may not have a
				current.
(5) "Limited purpose pool"
				means a pool used for a purpose not otherwise defined, such as for:
(A) apparatus swimming;
(B) underwater photography training;
				or
(C) another special use by the
				public.
(6) "Mobile pool"
				means a pool constructed on a mobile structure that is capable of being
				transported from place to place.
(7) "Plunge pool" means a pool:
(A) with a depth of greater than twenty-four
				(24) inches;
(B) located at the
				exit end of a water slide flume; and
(C) intended and designed to receive slide
				users emerging from the flume.
(8) "Special use pool" means a pool intended
				to be used as a water attraction or in conjunction with a water
				attraction.
(9) "Swimming pool" has
				the meaning set forth in section 18(u) of this rule.
(10) "Therapy pool" means a pool used
				exclusively for medically administered therapy.
(11) "Vanishing edge pool" means a pool where
				the top of one (1) or more of the basin wall or walls is submerged with no
				adjacent deck or decks.
(12)
				"Vortex pool" means a circular pool that is equipped with a method of
				transporting water in the pool for the purpose of propelling users at speeds
				dictated by the velocity of the moving stream.
(13) "Wading pool" means a shallow pool:
(A) having a maximum depth of twenty-four
				(24) inches; and
(B) intended for
				children's play.
(14)
				"Wave pool" means a water attraction designed to simulate breaking or cyclical
				waves for the purposes of surfing or general play.
(15) "Whirlpool". See "Spa".
(16) "Zero-depth entry pool" means a water
				attraction having a sloped entrance to where the water depth is zero (0) inches
				at the shallowest point.