New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter I - State Sanitary Code › Part 6 - Swimming Pools, Bathing Beaches And Recreational Aquatic Spray Grounds › Subpart 6-1 - Swimming Pools › Operation, Supervision and Maintenance › Section 6-1.31 - Aquatic supervisory skill requirements

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The New York State Department of Health is responsible
						for review of training courses and/or certification programs to determine
						acceptability.
(a) Supervision Level
					 IIa--pool lifeguard only.
(1) The requirements
					 of this subdivision shall take effect May 15, 1993.
(2) No person shall be qualified under this
					 subdivision unless such person:
(i) has a
					 minimum age of 16 years (15 years is acceptable if employed at a facility where
					 a supervisory lifeguard is present); and
(ii) possesses a current A.R.C. basic life
					 support for the professional rescuer. CPR or equivalent certification; the
					 certification period must not exceed one year; and
(iii) demonstrates a current ability to swim
					 300 yards nonstop using various strokes in good form; surface dive to minimum
					 nine foot depth and bring a 10 pound object to surface; and tread water for one
					 minute; and
(iv) possesses a
					 current certificate from a recognized certifying agency acceptable to the State
					 Health Commissioner, or has within not more than a consecutive three-year
					 period of time completed a minimum of 15 hours (19 hours if first aid skills
					 are included) of training acceptable to the commissioner covering those items
					 set forth below (time periods do not include final examination time or
					 conditioning swims):
The training course and recertification program will be
						determined to be acceptable if, after a review, all the materials submitted by
						the program sponsor are determined to be complete and substantially meet the
						requirements of this section. Instructors shall have sufficient experience and
						knowledge in lifeguarding to effectively communicate the subject matter
						required by this section.
(a) program
					 goals and objectives;
(b)
					 preventive lifeguarding;
(c) victim
					 recognition;
(d) equipment:
(1) rescue (buoys, tubes, reach
					 pole);
(2) lifeguarding;
(3) safety;
(4) personal;
(e) types of emergencies:
(1) life-threatening;
(2) nonlife-threatening;
(f) spinal injury management;
(g) special situations:
(1) hypothermia;
(2) heat emergencies;
(3) seizures;
(h) communication systems;
(i) emergency action plans;
(j) physical fitness concepts;
(k) weather and environmental
					 conditions;
(l) records and
					 reports;
(m) skills practice:
(1) water entry;
(2) approaches;
(3) moving victim to safety;
(4) equipment use (reach poles, buoys,
					 tubes);
(5) surface diving and
					 underwater swimming;
(6) underwater
					 search;
(7) lifts and
					 assists;
(8) reaching
					 assists;
(9) throwing
					 assists;
(10) equipment
					 extension;
(11) rescue breathing
					 with flotation;
(12) rescue
					 breathing without flotation;
(13)
					 defense;
(14) escapes;
(15) multiple victim rescues;
(16) spinal injury, shallow water;
(17) spinal injury, deep water;
(n) first aid and emergency care
					 (possession of a valid American Red Cross standard first aid or equivalent
					 certification may be substituted for this segment):
(1) bleeding and shock;
(2) choking;
(3) temperature extremes;
(4) spinal injuries;
(5) diabetic emergencies;
(6) seizures;
(7) heart attacks and strokes;
(8) fractures, dislocations, sprains and
					 strains;
(9) burns;
(10) eye and nose injuries;
(11) alcohol and drug overdoses;
(v) such person must:
(a) correctly answer at least 80 percent of
					 the questions on a written and/or oral test on theory and knowledge;
					 and
(b) successfully
					 perform/demonstrate skills; and
(c)
					 successfully:
(1) demonstrate knowledge of:
(i) approaches;
(ii) escapes;
(iii) carriers/tows;
(iv) spinal (shallow water) entry, approach,
					 turn and support victim;
(v) spinal
					 (deep water) entry, approach, turn and move victim to poolside or shallow
					 end;
(vi) rescue tube
					 swim/use;
(vii) surface dive and
					 underwater swim.