Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Title 105 CMR 430.000 - Minimum Standards for Recreational Camps for Children (State Sanitary Code, Chapter IV) › Section 430.020 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Age
means the age of a person on the
				day a camp session begins.
Aquatic Activity
means any
				recreational activity occurring in water at a bathing beach, swimming pool,
				lake, pond, river, ocean, or other natural bodies of water including, but not
				limited to, swimming, diving, water-skiing, wakeboarding, windsurfing, sailing,
				and the use of paddle sport watercrafts or motor-powered boats.
Aquatics Director
means a trained
				water safety professional with current certifications as a lifeguard who has
				responsibility for supervising aquatic activities. The aquatics director shall
				be at least 21 years old and have experience in a management or supervisory
				position at a similar aquatics area of at least six weeks duration.
Bathing Beach
means the land where
				access to the bathing water is provided pursuant to
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				445.000:
Minimum Standards for Bathing Beaches
				(State Sanitary Code, Chapter VII
). For the purposes of
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				430.000,
Bathing Beaches
shall not include swimming pools, wading pools and other artificial bodies of
				water.
Board of Health
means a municipal
				board of health, a municipal health department, a regional health district, or
				any other legally constituted city, town, or county governmental unit within
				the Commonwealth serving as a public health agency, as established under M.G.L
				c. 41, § 1, or M.G.L. c. 111, §§ 26, 26A, 27A, or 27B, or its
				authorized agent or representative under M.G.L. c. 111, § 30.
Board of Health
shall also mean an inspectional
				services department in a city or town where the inspectional services
				department is responsible for the enforcement of
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				430.000. In any case in which a camp extends into the
				geographic jurisdiction of two or more boards, those boards may coordinate
				activities in effecting compliance with
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				430.000.
Camp Director
means an individual who
				has primary and direct responsibility for the day to day operation and
				supervision of a recreational camp for children including oversight of program
				operations, supportive services, business affairs, health matters, food, staff
				supervision and transportation.
Camper
means a child who attends a
				recreational camp for children, including Counselors-in-Training.
Certificate of Immunization
shall mean
				either:
(1) any form or letter signed
			 and dated by a physician or designee, or
(2) a dated report from the Massachusetts
			 Immunization Information System; provided that either document specifies the
			 month and year of administration and the type/name of the vaccines(s)
			 administered to the camper or staff person, or alternative evidence of
			 immunity.
Child
and
Children
means individuals who are younger than 18
				years old.
Counselor
means an individual who
				supervises campers and who may have exclusive responsibility for
				campers.
Counselor-in-Training
means a camper
				who is training to become a counselor.
CPR Certificate
means a current
				certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) applicable to the age
				groups at the camp issued by one of the following training programs that
				incorporate a hands-on practical test:
(1) the American Red Cross CPR Certificate
			 for the Professional Rescuer;
(2)
			 American Heart Association CPR Certificate for Health Care Provider;
(3) National Safety Council CPR
			 Training;
(4) Health and Safety
			 Institute Basic Life Support; or
(5) any equivalent CPR training recognized in
			 writing by the Department.
Day Camp
means a program which:
(1) operates on a site for more than two
			 hours but less than 24 hours a day;
(2) operates for at least four days during a
			 14 consecutive day period in a city or town; and
(3) meets the definition of a recreational
			 camp for children.
Department
means the Massachusetts
				Department of Public Health.
Direct Supervision
means oversight of
				an individual authorized under
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				CMR 430.159(F)  in a medical
				specialty camp by a licensed healthcare provider listed in
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				CMR 430.159(E)  who is
				present on the camp property and readily available to furnish assistance and
				direction throughout the course of administration of medications.
First Aid Certificate
means a current
				certification in first aid applicable to the age groups at the camp issued by
				one of the following training programs:
(1) American Red Cross Standard First Aid
			 Certificate;
(2) National Safety
			 Council Standard First Aid;
(3)
			 Health and Safety Institute Basic First Aid; or
(4) An equivalent certification recognized in
			 writing by the Department.
Garbage
means the animal, vegetable or
				other organic waste resulting from the handling, preparing, cooking,
				consumption or cultivation of food, and containers and cans which have
				contained food unless such containers and cans have been cleaned or prepared
				for recycling.
Habitation
means a portion inside a
				building, tent, or other structure which is used for living, sleeping, cooking,
				or consumption of food.
Health Care Consultant
means a
				Massachusetts licensed physician, certified nurse practitioner, or physician
				assistant.
Health Care Supervisor
means a person
				on the staff of a recreational camp for children who is 18 years of age or
				older and who is responsible for the day to day operation of the health program
				or component. The Health Care Supervisor shall be a Massachusetts licensed
				physician, physician assistant, nurse, or other person specially trained in
				accordance with
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				CMR 430.160 and has a current CPR and First
				Aid certificate.
Junior Counselor
means an individual
				who assists counselors in the performance of their duties, but who does not
				have exclusive responsibility for supervising campers.
Lifeguard
means a trained water safety
				professional who is at least 16 years old and holds the following current
				certifications:
(1) One of the
			 following lifeguard training programs:
(a) An
			 American Red Cross Lifeguard Training Certificate; or
(b) Lifesaving Society of Canada National
			 Lifeguard Service; or
(c) Boy
			 Scouts of America Lifeguard Certificate; or
(d) National YMCA Lifeguard Certificate;
			 or
(e) Ellis and Associates
			 International Lifeguard Training Program; or
(f) An equivalent certification, approved in
			 writing by the Department, that contains all of the minimum requirements of one
			 or more of the foregoing certification courses; and