West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-33 - Public use Of Swimming Areas In WV State Parks, Forests, And Wildlife Management Areas Under The Div › Section 58-33-2 - Rules Governing Public Use of Swimming Areas in State Parks, State Forests, and State Wildlife Management Areas under the Division of Natural Resources

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1.
				Swimming is prohibited in state parks, state forests, and state wildlife
				management areas, except in places designated for that purpose. Each person
				entering a designated swimming area shall pay the admission fee, except cabin
				and lodge guests are exempt from paying the admission fee. Children who have
				not reached their tenth (10th) birthday shall be accompanied at all times they
				are in the swimming area by a responsible person at least twelve (12) years of
				age. Persons who have reached their twelfth (12th) birthday are required to
				purchase an adult ticket for admission to the swimming area.
2.2. Any person may be denied admission to
				the swimming area who has a skin abrasion, cold, cough, inflamed eye,
				infection, rash, bandage or cast. Admission shall be denied by the area
				superintendent to any person who is under the influence of alcohol, a
				controlled substance or medication.
2.3. Glass, food, ice chests, picnic
				supplies, beer, wine, alcoholic beverages, controlled substances and pets are
				prohibited in swimming areas. Food and drink purchased from the concession
				stand may be consumed only in the area designated for that purpose.
2.4. Plastic or rubber rafts, inner tubes,
				balls, inflatable water wings, and similar paraphernalia, toys and manmade
				objects of any kind are prohibited within the swimming area, except that
				exceptions may be made for the handicapped and for organized activities at the
				discretion of the lifeguard in charge.
2.5. No person is permitted in a swimming
				pool unless he or she is dressed in recognized swimming apparel. No street
				wear, cutoffs or similar apparel may be worn in a swimming pool. Parents and
				guardians who purchase an adult ticket may enter the swimming area in street
				clothes to accompany and supervise their children who have not reached their
				twelfth (12th) birthday and who have purchased a children's ticket. Parents and
				guardians who enter the swimming area and are not dressed in recognized
				swimming apparel are prohibited from entering the water. This subsection does
				not apply to swimming areas which are natural bodies of water.
2.6. The wearing of indecent swimming or
				other apparel, the commission of any indecent act, and the commission of any
				act of indecent exposure are prohibited in the swimming area. Commission of any
				such act is cause for immediate eviction from the swimming area.
2.7. Only one (1) person is permitted on a
				diving board at a time. Running, pushing, wrestling, roughhousing or causing
				undue disturbance, noise or commotion is prohibited in the swimming
				area.
2.8. Only state employees or
				other authorized personnel are permitted behind counters where cash registers
				are located, behind concession stand counters, or in concession stand food
				storage areas, basket rooms, swimming area storage supply rooms, filtration
				rooms or chlorine rooms.
2.9. Every
				person entering a swimming area shall comply with all swimming rules and every
				instruction or directive of the lifeguards. Any person who fails to comply may
				be evicted immediately from the swimming area by a lifeguard or other state
				employee. Any person evicted forfeits the fee he or she paid to enter the
				swimming area.
2.10. No refunds may
				be given for any reason to any person who leaves the swimming
				area.