Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 18 - PUBLIC SWIMMING AND BATHING PLACES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 18.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Air gap
-The unobstructed vertical distance
					 through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from a pipe or faucet
					 supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture or other device and the flood level
					 rim of the receptacle.
Backflow
-The flow of water or other
					 liquids, mixtures or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable supply
					 of water from a source other than the approved source.
Bather
-A person using a recreational
					 swimming establishment in the water or adjoining deck area for the purpose of
					 swimming, water sports or other recreational activity.
Bather load
-The total number of bathers in
					 a recreational swimming establishment.
Bathing beach
-A body of natural water,
					 impounded or flowing, of a size in relation to the bathing load that the
					 quality and quantity, confined or flowing, need be neither mechanically
					 controlled for the purpose of purification nor contained in an impervious
					 structure.
Certified lifeguard
-An individual who has
					 a current certificate in lifeguarding, issued by a lifeguard certifying
					 authority, as recognized by the Department of Health in a notice published
					 yearly in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
.
Cross connection
-A physical connection or
					 arrangement between two otherwise separate piping systems, one of which
					 contains potable water and the other steam, gas, a chemical or water of unknown
					 or questionable safety, whereby there may be a flow from one system to the
					 other, the direction depending on the pressure differential between the two
					 systems.
Department
-The Department of Health of the
					 Commonwealth.
Garbage
-Putrescible wastes, except sewage
					 and body waste, including animal and vegetable offal.
Local health department
-Each county
					 department of health under the Local Health Administration Law (16 P. S.
					 §§
											12001-12028), and each
					 department of health in a municipality approved for a Commonwealth grant to
					 provide local health services under section 25 of the Local Health
					 Administration Law (16 P. S. §
											12025).
Maximum bather load
-The maximum number of
					 bathers that the recreational swimming establishment is designed to
					 accommodate, as defined in the plans and specifications submitted as part of
					 the permit application using the guidelines set forth in the Department's
					 publication,
Public Bathing Place Manual
.
National Electrical Code
-The National
					 Electrical Code published by the National Fire Protection Association, 470
					 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Person
-An individual, partnership,
					 corporation, association, municipality, county, authority, the Commonwealth or
					 other private or public entity.
Public bathing place
-An outdoor or indoor
					 place used for amateur, professional or recreative swimming or bathing whether
					 or not a fee is charged for admission or for the use of the place, exclusive of
					 a bathing place at a private, single-family residence which is used solely by
					 the owner of the residence, his family and their personal guests.
Recreational swimming establishment
-A
					 facility that is designed, constructed or designated for use by individuals for
					 the primary purpose of swimming, if a fee is charged for admission.
(i) The term includes swimming pools, water
				  rides, wave pools and swimming beaches and other outdoor swimming
				  facilities.
(ii) The term excludes
				  those facilities owned by condominiums, other property owner associations,
				  rental arrangements that include three or more families or social units, hotels
				  or motels, campgrounds, private clubs and private organizations which do not
				  provide access to the general public, swimming facilities used exclusively for
				  hydrotherapy and residential swimming facilities used solely by the owner of a
				  residence, the owner's family and personal guests.
Refuse
-Nonputrescible wastes generally
					 regarded and classified as rubbish, trash, junk and similar designations which
					 have been rejected by the owner or possessor thereof as useless or worthless to
					 him.
Rope and float line
-A continuous line, at
					 least 1/4 inch in diameter, that is supported by buoys and attached to opposite
					 sides of a swimming pool.
Sewage
-A substance which contains the
					 waste products or excrements or other discharges from the bodies of human
					 beings or animals and a noxious or deleterious substance being harmful or
					 inimical to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life, or to the use of
					 water for domestic water supply or for recreation.
Sewerage system
-A community or individual
					 system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the collection and disposal of
					 sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature, including various devices for
					 the treatment of sewage or industrial wastes.
Source
-A well, spring, cistern,
					 infiltration gallery, stream, reservoir, pond or lake from which, by any means,
					 water is taken either intermittently or continuously for use by the
					 public.
Swimming pool
-A body of water of a size in
					 relation to the bathing load that the quality and quantity of the water
					 confined must be mechanically controlled for the purpose of purification and
					 contained in an impervious structure.
Turnover period
-The number of hours
					 required to completely replenish the water in a pool, or recirculate a quantity
					 of water equal to the capacity of the pool.
Wading pool
-A body of water designed for
					 use by children which is not deeper than 3 feet and of a size in relation to
					 the bathing load that the quality and quantity of the water confined must be
					 mechanically controlled for the purpose of purification and contained in an
					 impervious structure.
Waters of this Commonwealth
-Rivers,
					 streams, creeks, rivulets, lakes, dammed water, ponds, springs and other bodies
					 of surface and underground water, or parts thereof, whether natural or
					 artificial, within or on the boundaries of this Commonwealth.
Water supply
-A source or sources of water,
					 as well as, water treatment, storage, transmission and distribution
					 facilities.
The provisions of this §
												18.1 amended under the Public
						Bathing Law (35 P. S. §§
													672-680d); the Local Health Administration
						Law (16 P. S. §§
													12001-12028); and section 1920-A of The
						Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													510-20).