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 6-3 - Recreational Aquatic Spray Grounds › General Provisions › Section 6-3.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Adequate shall
					 mean sufficient to accomplish the purposes for which something is intended, and
					 to such a degree that no unreasonable risk to health or safety is presented. An
					 item installed, maintained, designed and assembled, an activity conducted or
					 act performed, in accordance with generally accepted standards, principles or
					 practices applicable to a particular trade, business, occupation or profession,
					 is adequate within the meaning of this Subpart.
(b) Foot shower shall mean a shower head or
					 similar water fixture for use in rinsing debris from patrons' feet.
(c) Patrons shall mean those individuals
					 utilizing the spray grounds.
(d)
					 Permit-issuing official (PIO) shall mean the State Commissioner of Health, the
					 health commissioner or health officer of a city of 50,000 population or over,
					 the health commissioner or health officer of a county or part-county health
					 district, the State regional health director or district director having
					 jurisdiction, or any county or public health director having all the powers and
					 duties prescribed in section 352  of the Public Health Law. The
					 permit-issuing official may designate additional persons to act in his/her
					 behalf to issue permits required by this Subpart.
(e) Qualified swimming pool water treatment
					 operator shall mean an individual who has successfully completed an adequate
					 course of instruction regarding the safe and effective operation and
					 maintenance of pool water treatment equipment.
(f) Recreational aquatic spray grounds, also
					 known as spray grounds, are the buildings and appurtenances used in conjunction
					 with a spray pad in which sprayed water is continually drained and collected in
					 a treatment and recirculation system.
(g) Spray features shall mean the devices and
					 plumbing used to convey the treated water to the spray pad to spray the
					 patrons.
(h) Spray pad shall mean
					 the specific area consisting of the play surface, spray features, and drains,
					 upon which the patrons stand and are sprayed with water.
(i) Spray pad treatment system shall mean the
					 equipment and processes used to filter, disinfect and circulate the water used
					 for the spray pad and spray features.
(j) Spray pad treatment tank shall mean the
					 vessel used to collect the water that has been sprayed on the spray pad and
					 returned through the spray pad drains.
(k) Supervisory staff shall mean individuals
					 responsible for supervising the patrons to ensure compliance with regulations
					 for use, and trained in the operation and maintenance of the spray pad
					 treatment system.
(l) Uniform Code
					 shall mean the 19 NYCRR Chapter XXXIII, Subchapter A - State Uniform Fire
					 Prevention and Building Code.