Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 11 - Bureau of Child Care Facilities › Subpart 55 - Child Care Facilities Licensure › Chapter 2 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING LICENSURE OF CHILD CARE FACILITIES FOR 12 OR FEWER CHILDREN IN THE OPERATOR'S HOME › Subchapter 19 - SWIMMING AND WATER ACTIVITIES › Rule 15-11-55-2.19.3 - 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
					 ten 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