Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 333 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION › Division 62 - PUBLIC SPA POOL RULES › Section 333-062-0015 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in these rules unless otherwise required by
				context:
(1) "Administrator" means the
			 Assistant Director of the Public Health Division of the Oregon Health
			 Authority.
(2) "Approved" means
			 approved in writing by the Division.
(3) "Bathhouse" means a structure which
			 contains dressing rooms, showers and toilet facilities for use with an adjacent
			 public spa pool or public swimming pool.
(4) "Builder" means a person who, in the
			 pursuit of an independent business, undertakes, or offers to undertake, or
			 submits a bid, to construct, alter, repair, or improve any public swimming
			 pool, spa pool or bathhouse and the appurtenances.
(5) "Cross Connection" means an unprotected
			 connection between the piping carrying potable water and the piping or fixtures
			 which carry other water or other substances.
(6) "Division" means the Public Health
			 Division of the Oregon Health Authority.
(7) "General-Use Public Spa Pool" means any
			 public spa pool other than limited-use public spa pool. Public spa pools
			 operated in conjunction with a companion facility but not limited to use of the
			 residents, patrons, or members of the companion facility are general-use spa
			 pools.
(8) "Horseplay" means any
			 unsafe activity which in the opinion of the Division or the spa operator
			 endangers the spa users and bystanders.
(9) "Lifeguard" means a person with current
			 American Red Cross lifeguard, National Pool and Waterpark Lifeguard, YMCA
			 lifeguard (or equivalent as determined by the Public Health Division)
			 certification or license.
(10)
			 "Limited-use Public Spa Pool" means any public spa pool located at and operated
			 in connection with a companion facility such as a residential housing facility
			 having five or more living units, traveler's accommodations, mobile home park,
			 recreation park, boarding school, organizational camp, dude ranch, club or
			 association where use of the pool is limited to residents, patrons or members
			 of the companion facility.
(11)
			 "Oxidized" means a process of chemically removing organic debris, using a
			 product used to reduce combined chlorine and for the purposes of these rules is
			 an alternative to superchlorination.
(12) "Person" includes, in addition to the
			 definition in ORS 174.100, municipalities, recreation districts, counties and
			 state agencies or instrumentalities.
(13) "Private Swimming Pool" means any
			 swimming pool, wading pool or spa pool owned by no more than four individuals,
			 either jointly, individually or through association, incorporation or otherwise
			 and operated and maintained in conjunction with a companion residential housing
			 facility and having no more than four living units, for the use of the
			 occupants thereof and their personal friends only. Private pools shall not be
			 subject to the provisions of these rules.
(14) "Public Spa Pool" means any public
			 swimming pool or wading pool designed primarily to direct water or air-enriched
			 water under pressure onto the bather's body with the intent of producing a
			 relaxing or therapeutic effect.
(15) "Public Swimming Pool" means an
			 artificial structure and its appurtenances, which contains water more than two
			 feet deep which is expressly designated or which is used with the knowledge and
			 consent of the owner or operator for swimming or recreational bathing and which
			 is for the use of any segment of the public. "Public swimming pool" includes,
			 but is not limited to, swimming pools owned or operated by:
(a) Traveler's accommodations;
(b) Recreation parks;
(c) Colleges;
(d) Schools;
(e) Organizational camps as defined in ORS
			 446.310;
(f) Clubs;
(g) Associations;
(h) Business establishments for their patrons
			 or employees;
(i) Private persons
			 and that are open to the public;
(j) Recreation districts;
(k) Municipalities;
(l) Counties; or
(m) A state agency.