Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 11 - Bureau of Child Care Facilities › Subpart 55 - Child Care Facilities Licensure › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING LICENSURE OF CHILD CARE FACILITIES FOR 12 OF FEWER CHILDREN IN THE OPERATOR'S HOME › Subchapter 19 - SWIMMING AND WATER ACTIVITIES › Rule 15-11-55-1.19.3 - Health and Safety

Current through June 25, 2024
1. All piers,
					 floats, and platforms shall be in good repair, and where applicable, the water
					 depth shall be indicated by printed numerals on the deck or planking.
2. There shall be a minimum water depth of 10
					 feet for a one-meter diving board and 13 feet for a three-meter board or diving
					 tower.
3. For outdoor swimming
					 areas in natural bodies of water, the bottom shall be cleared of stumps, rocks,
					 and other obstacles.
4. Diving
					 boards shall be mounted on a firm foundation and never on an insecure base,
					 such as a float that can be affected by shifting weight loads and wave action.
					 The entire length of the top surface of diving boards shall be covered with
					 nonskid material. The diving board shall be level. All diving boards shall be
					 installed in accordance with manufacturer's guidelines for the board by
					 professional swimming pool installers who shall certify in writing to the
					 facility that the diving board is adequately installed in accordance with
					 manufacturer's guidelines for the board, in a commercially reasonable manner,
					 located so as to allow a child to safely enter the water from the diving board,
					 and that the diving board is safe for its intended use. Facilities with
					 existing pools equipped with diving boards that are unable to obtain the
					 required certification within 60 days of the adoption of this regulation shall
					 have the diving boards removed.
5.
					 Swimming pools, when in use, shall be continuously disinfected by a chemical
					 that imparts an easily measured free available residual effect. When chlorine
					 is used, a free chlorine residual of at least 0.4 ppm shall be maintained
					 throughout the pool whenever it is open or in use. If other halogens are used,
					 residuals of equivalent disinfecting strength shall be maintained.
6. A testing kit for measuring the
					 concentration of the disinfectant, accurate within 0.1 ppm, shall be provided
					 at each swimming pool.
7. Swimming
					 pool water shall be maintained in an alkaline condition as indicated by a pH of
					 not less than 7.2 and not over 8.2. A pH testing kit accurate to the nearest
					 0.2 pH unit shall be provided at each swimming pool. The alkalinity of the
					 water shall be at least 50 ppm, as measured by the methyl-orange test. The
					 following chart may be used for reference:
pH Minimum Free Available
Residual Chlorine-mg/L
(not stabilized with cyanuric
						acid)
7.2
					 ............................................. 0.40
7.3
					 ............................................. 0.40
7.4
					 ............................................. 0.40
7.5
					 ............................................. 0.40
7.6
					 ............................................. 0.50
7.7
					 ............................................. 0.60
7.8
					 ............................................. 0.70
7.9
					 ............................................. 0.80
8.0
					 ............................................. 1.00
8. If cyanuric acid is used to stabilize the
					 free available residual chlorine, or if one of the chlorinated isocyanurate
					 compounds is used as the disinfecting chemical in a swimming pool, the
					 concentration of cyanuric acid in the water shall be at least 30 mg/L but shall
					 not exceed 100 mg/L. The free available residual chlorine, of at least the
					 following concentrations, depending upon the pH of the water, shall be
					 maintained:
pH Minimum Free Available
Residual Chlorine-mg/L
(cyanuric acid is at least equal to 30 mg/L, but
						not greater than 100 mg/L)
7.2
					 ............................................ 1.00
7.3
					 ............................................ 1.00
7.4
					 ............................................ 1.00
7.5
					 ............................................ 1.00
7.6
					 ............................................ 1.25
7.7
					 ............................................ 1.50
7.8
					 ............................................ 1.75
7.9
					 ............................................ 2.00
8.0
					 ............................................ 2.50
9. The water in a swimming pool shall have
					 sufficient clarity at all times so that a black disk, six inches in diameter,
					 is readily visible when placed on a white field at the deepest point of the
					 pool. The pool shall be closed immediately if this requirement cannot be
					 met.
10. For natural bodies of
					 water (e.g., lakes, rivers, streams, etc.), sewage treatment plants or other
					 discharge lines shall not be within 750 feet of swimming areas.