Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 6 - SANITARY ENGINEERING › Rule 2.1 - Public and Semi-Public Pools › Section 2.1-42.1 - Tourist home pools and spas

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  16-19-3-4
Affected: IC 16-19-3
Sec. 42.1.
(a) Water
				introduced into the pool or spa at a tourist home, either directly or through
				the recirculation system, shall be supplied through an air gap or in accordance
				with 675 IAC 16.
(b) Semi-public
				pools and spas at tourist homes shall meet the following:
(1) A free residual of the disinfectant
				chemical shall be maintained throughout the pool or spa at concentrations in
				accordance with the following:
CHLORINE
BROMINE
Pool Type
Minimum
Maximum
Minimum
Maximum
Pools
1.0 ppm
7.0 ppm
2.0
							 ppm
10.0 ppm
Spas
2.0 ppm
7.0 ppm
4.0
							 ppm
10.0 ppm
(2)
				Whenever the residual disinfectant:
(A) falls
				below the minimum concentration required; or
(B) exceeds the maximum concentration
				allowed; the pool or spa shall be cleared and kept free of bathers until
				disinfectant residuals are within the acceptable range.
(3) The pool or spa water shall be
				superchlorinated to breakpoint or superoxidized with a nonchlorine oxidizer
				when the pool test kit reveals a combined chlorine (chloramine) concentration
				of five-tenths (0.5) ppm or greater.
(4) Chlorinated isocyanurates or stabilized
				chlorine shall not be used for breakpoint chlorination.
(5) The water temperature in a spa may not
				exceed one hundred four (104) degrees Fahrenheit.
(6) The water in a pool or spa shall have a
				pH of not less than seven and two-tenths (7.2) and not more than seven and
				eighttenths (7.8).
(7) The
				alkalinity of the water in pools and spas shall be at least eighty (80) ppm as
				titrated to the methyl orange endpoint.
(8) If chlorinated isocyanurate or cyanuric
				acid stabilizers are used in a pool, the concentration shall not exceed sixty
				(60) ppm. When the maximum allowable cyanuric acid concentration is exceeded,
				appropriate measures shall be taken to lower the concentrations to the required
				range.
(9) Chlorinated
				isocyanurates and cyanuric acid stabilizers shall not be used in a spa or in an
				indoor pool.
(10) Only in pools
				where chlorine is used as the disinfectant can cyanuric acid be used as a
				stabilizer.
(11) Pool and spa water
				shall be tested and logged for the following:
(A) pH and disinfectant residuals before each
				change in occupancy.
(B) Combined
				chlorine at least once a week when chlorine is used.
(C) Total alkalinity at least once a
				week.
(D) Cyanuric acid, when it is
				used, at least once a week.
(12) The pool or spa shall be closed for at
				least one (1) hour following the manual addition of a chemical directly to the
				water.
(13) Any chemical used to
				treat the water in a pool or spa must be used in accordance with the product
				label directions.
(14) At all
				times, the water in a pool shall have sufficient clarity so that the main drain
				or a black disc, six (6) inches in diameter placed at the deepest part of the
				pool, is readily visible from the deck. Water in a spa shall have sufficient
				clarity so, when the hydrojets are turned off, the main drain or a black disc,
				six (6) inches in diameter placed at the deepest part of the spa, is readily
				visible from the deck.
(15) One (1)
				water sample must be collected each month that the pool or spa is open for use
				and submitted for bacteriological examination. Samples may not be collected
				from any portion of the recirculation system. Bacteriological examinations
				performed on each sample shall include the heterotrophic thirty-five (35)
				degree Centigrade plate count and a total coliform test using either the:
(A) multiple tube fermentation
				test;
(B) membrane filter test;
				or
(C) one hundred (100) milliliter
				presence/absence test.
Tests shall be performed by a state-approved laboratory in
				  accordance with the procedures outlined in Standard Methods. (16) A copy of
				  each water sample report must be submitted to the local health department by
				  the pool or spa owner or operator within four (4) days of receiving such a
				  report from the laboratory. Should a bacteriological sample collected in
				  accordance with subdivision (15):
(A)
				contain more than two hundred (200) bacteria colonies per milliliter as
				determined by the heterotrophic thirty-five (35) degree Centigrade plate
				count;
(B) test positive (confirmed
				test) for coliform organisms in any of the five (5) to ten (10) milliliter
				portions of a sample when the multiple tube fermentation tube test is
				used;
(C) test positive for more
				than one (1) coliform organism per fifty (50) milliliters when the membrane
				filter test is used; or
(D) show
				the presence of any coliform when the one hundred (100) milliliter
				presence/absence test is used; another bacteriological sample shall be
				collected from the same pool within a week of receiving notice about the
				original monthly bacteriological sample test results, and analyzed in
				accordance with subdivision (15). No two (2) consecutive bacteriological
				samples shall demonstrate an exceedance of clause (A), (B), (C), or (D).
				Failure to collect and analyze water samples in accordance with subdivision
				(15) and this subdivision during the period that a pool is open for use is
				considered an unsatisfactory report for the applicable month.
(17) When the pool or
				spa must be closed due to an unsatisfactory sample report, an additional water
				sample must be submitted to an approved laboratory. The pool or spa may be
				reopened upon receipt of a satisfactory report.
(18) All items in the room used to store pool
				or spa water treatment chemicals shall be stored at least six (6) inches above
				the floor to allow for flushing the area in the case of a spill.
(19) All pool or spa water treatment
				chemicals shall be stored in accordance with the manufacturer's
				recommendations.
(20) A twenty-four
				(24) unit first aid kit that meets American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
				standard Z308.1-2003 or 2009, shall be provided at each tourist home having a
				pool or spa.
(21) Prior to
				occupancy of a tourist home containing a spa, a legible printed warning shall
				be provided to the lodger stating the following:
(A) Pregnant women, small children, or
				persons with heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, or low blood
				pressure should not enter the spa except under advice of a physician.
(B) Avoid use while under the influence of
				alcohol, tranquilizers, or other drugs that cause drowsiness or raise or lower
				blood pressure.
(C) Exposure
				greater than fifteen (15) minutes may result in drowsiness, nausea, or
				fainting.