North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter A - SANITATION › Section .2500 - PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS › Section 18A .2508 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply throughout this
					 Section:
(1) "Department" means North
				  Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
(2) "Equipment replacement" means replacement
				  of individual components of the hydraulic and disinfection systems such as
				  pumps, filters, and automatic chemical feeders.
(3) "Public swimming pool" means public
				  swimming pool as defined in
				  G.S.
				  130A-280. Public swimming pools are divided
				  into five types:
(a) "Swimming pools" are
				  public swimming pools used primarily for swimming.
(b) "Spas" are public swimming pools designed
				  for recreational and therapeutic use that are not drained, cleaned, or refilled
				  after each individual use. Spas may include units designed for hydrojet
				  circulation, hot water, cold water mineral bath, air induction bubbles, or any
				  combination thereof. Common terminology for spas includes "therapeutic pool,"
				  "hydrotherapy pool," "whirlpool," "hot spa," and "hot tub."
(c) "Wading pools" are public swimming pools
				  designed for use by children, including wading pools for toddlers and
				  children's activity pools designed for casual water play ranging from splashing
				  activity to the use of interactive water features placed in the pool.
(d) "Water recreation attractions" are pools
				  designed for special purposes that differentiate them from swimming pools,
				  wading pools, and spas. They include:
(i)
				  water slide plunge pools and run out lanes, which transfer the kinetic energy
				  of the users' velocity through friction to the slide;
(ii) wave pools;
(iii) rapid rides;
(iv) lazy rivers;
(v) interactive play attractions that
				  incorporate devices using sprayed, jetted, or other water sources contacting
				  the users and that do not incorporate standing or captured water as part of the
				  user activity area;
(vi) training
				  pools deeper than a 24 inch deep wading pool and shallower than a 36 inch deep
				  swimming pool; and
(vii) artificial
				  swimming lagoons as defined in
				  G.S.
				  130A-280.
(e) "Special purpose and therapy pools" are
				  pools designed and used for therapeutic treatments or physical training and
				  fitness outside of a licensed medical facility or practice of a licensed
				  physical therapist. They include:
(i) float
				  tanks used for float therapy in a salt brine solution;
(ii) swim spa training pools which use jetted
				  water for stationary swimming against a water current;
(iii) exercise therapy and treadmill pools
				  equipped for water resistance exercise therapy; and
(iv) scuba pools designed and used for
				  training swimmers to use self-contained underwater breathing
				  apparatus.
(f) "Display
				  spa at a temporary event" or "DSTE" is a portable, above ground spa that
				  contains water but is not used for body immersion and is displayed at a
				  temporary event.