West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-16 - Recreational Water Facilities › Section 64-16-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. Available
				Qualified Water Facility Operator - a person who can be reached by telephone
				within thirty (30) minutes, and can be on site within sixty (60) minutes of
				notification, and visits the recreational water facility a minimum of one (1)
				time per week during the period of operation, as this term is used in section
				9.1. of this rule.
2.2. Bathing
				Beach. -- An organized and controlled bathing place located on a natural
				stream, pond or lake, or on an artificial pond or lake which is formed by
				impounding a natural waterway.
2.3.
				Commissioner -- The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health or his or her
				designee.
2.4. Fecal Accident. --
				The release of visible fecal matter into the water of a recreational water
				facility.
2.5. First Aid Kit. -- A
				packaged set of materials used for emergency treatment of injured or sick
				persons before professional medical care is available that includes a minimum
				of: adhesive compresses or band-aids of various sizes; adhesive tape; eye
				dressing pads (4" x 4" and 3" x 3"); gauze pads (4" x 4" and 3" x 3"); roller
				gauze (2", 3" and 4" widths); scissors; tweezers; triangular bandages; cold
				packs; personal protective equipment, including latex or other impermeable
				gloves; and resuscitation masks with one-way valves.
2.6. Operator. -- A person responsible for
				the operation of a recreational water facility.
2.7. Patron. -- A customer, client, or paying
				or non-paying guest at a recreational water facility.
2.8. Permit. -- A written document issued by
				the Commissioner giving a designated person permission to establish, construct,
				renovate, or operate a recreational water facility.
2.9. Person. -- An individual, city, town,
				partnership, association, company, corporation, government agency, institution,
				apartment, motel, country club, camp, or any other legal entity.
2.10. Private Residential Swimming Pool -- An
				indoor or outdoor structure, chamber, or tank containing a body of water for
				swimming, diving, or bathing located at a single residential dwelling that
				houses no more than three families and that is used exclusively by the
				residents and their non-paying guests.
2.11. Qualified Water Facility Operator. --
				An individual who has passed a recognized Certified Pool Operator certification
				course, such as those offered by the National Spa and Pool Institute, the YMCA,
				or an equivalent course approved by the Commissioner.
2.11a. Recreational Water Facility. -- A body
				of water, under the control of a person, which has been modified, improved,
				constructed or installed for the purpose of public swimming or bathing. It
				includes, but is not limited to, bathing beaches; swimming, wading, and diving
				pools; water slides, spray pools, lazy rivers, and wave pools; spas, hot tubs,
				therapeutic pools, hydrotherapy pools, and whirlpools; facilities operated by
				communities, subdivisions, apartment complexes, condominiums, clubs, camps,
				schools, institutions, parks, mobile home parks, hotels, and similar
				recreational and public facilities. A recreational water facility does not
				include a private residential swimming pool as defined in this rule.
2.12. Shallow End. -- The part of a
				recreational water facility that has a depth of five (5) feet or
				less.
2.13. Spa. -- A unit designed
				for recreational use, including a hot tub, that is not drained, cleaned, or
				refilled for each user, and that may include hydrojet circulation, hot water,
				or air induction bubbles.
2.14.
				Swimming Pool. -- An artificial basin, chamber, or tank intended to be used for
				swimming, diving, therapy, competition, instruction, or recreational type
				bathing. The term does not include residential or individual therapeutic tubs
				or tanks.
2.15. Wading Pool. -- A
				small, shallow swimming pool not more than twenty-four (24) inches deep
				intended to be used for wading.
2.16. Wave Pool. -- A swimming pool designed
				for the purpose of producing wave action in the water.