OAR 333-060-0015
Definitions
(1)
“Administrator” means the State Public Health Director or designee of the Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division.(2)
“Approved” means approved in writing by the Division.(3)
“Athletic club” means a facility constructed to provide athletic or physical conditioning for its members, guests and/or patrons. It includes but is not limited to racquetball clubs, health spas, fitness facilities, aerobics, etc.(4)
“Bathhouse” means a structure, which contains dressing rooms, showers and toilet facilities for use with an adjacent public swimming pool.(5)
“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 thereto.(6)
“Certified Operator” means a person performing the duties of the responsible supervisor, and responsible for providing direction and training to non-certified responsible supervisors and other pool personnel in regards to pool maintenance and operation. This person shall be certified by an organization providing training in pool safety, maintenance and operation recognized by the Division. Such courses and organizations include the Certified Pool Operator Program, by the National Swimming Pool Foundation, and the Aquatic Facility Operator Program, by the National Recreation and Parks Association, or equivalent, as determined by the Division.(7)
“Cross connection” means an unprotected connection between the piping carrying potable water and the piping or fixtures which carry other water or other substances.(8)
“Division” means the Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division.(9)
“General-use Public Swimming Pool” means any public swimming pool other than a limited-use public swimming pool. Public swimming 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 swimming pools.(10)
“Guest protection zone” means a defined and prescribed area of a swimming pool or aquatic feature. A designated lifeguard is responsible for scanning a guest protection zone. Scanning refers to the actions performed by the lifeguard to visually survey and continuously and comprehensively monitor the guest protection zone.(11)
“10⁄20 Guest Protection Standard” means using a lifeguard planning standard that will place guards in numbers and locations, with identified areas of responsibility, so that they can theoretically identify a victim within 10 seconds and reach the victim within 20 more seconds. This is only a planning tool and actual response times will vary depending on the abilities of the lifeguard, their alertness, their vigilance and what else is happening in the pool.(12)
“Horseplay” means any unsafe activity, which in the opinion of the Division or the pool operator endangers the pool users and/or bystanders.(13)
“Instructor” means a currently certified American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, YMCA Swim Instructor, or a person having equivalent certification as determined by the Division.(14)
“Lifeguard” means a person holding current certification in the following three areas:(a)
Lifeguard certification. Certification in one of the following:(A)
American Red Cross Lifeguard Training;(B)
Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Lifeguarding;(C)
International Lifeguard Training Program (ILTP) for deep water;(D)
Starfish Aquatics Institute StarGuard; or(E)
Other lifeguard training approved by the Division.(b)
First aid certification. Certification in one of the following:(A)
American Red Cross First Aid;(B)
American Safety and Health Institute Universal Basic First Aid:(C)
Emergency Medical Planning America Medic First Aid (MFA); or(D)
Other equivalent First Aid Course approved by the Division.(c)
CPR certification. Certification in one of the following:(A)
American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer;(B)
American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR;(C)
American Safety and Health Institute CPR Pro for the Professional Rescuer; or(D)
Other equivalent CPR training approved by the Division.(15)
“Limited-use Public Swimming Pool” means any public swimming pool located at and operated in connection with a companion facility such as a residential housing facility having five or more living units, travelers’ 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.(16)
“Person” includes, in addition to the definition in ORS 174.100 (Definitions), municipalities, recreation districts, counties and state agencies, instrumentalities, or builder.(17)
“Private Swimming Pool” means any swimming pool, wading pool or spray 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 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.(18)
“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.(19)
“Public Swimming Pool” means an artificial structure, and its appurtenances, which contains water more than two feet (600mm) 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 (Definitions for ORS 446.310 to 446.350);(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.(20)
“Public Wading Pool” means an artificial structure, and its appurtenances, which contains water less than two feet (600mm) deep which is expressly designated or which is used with the knowledge and consent of the owner or operator for wading or recreational bathing and which is for the use of any segment of the public, whether limited to patrons of a companion facility or not. Special types of wading pools include but are not limited to:(a)
“Spray Pool” or “Water Playground” meaning a wading pool containing spray features intended for recreational use, but that does not allow water to pond in the basin. Spray pools or water playgrounds that do not pond water and use potable water once then send it to waste are not regulated by these rules.(b)
“Interactive Fountain” meaning a wading pool designed for esthetic appreciation, which is expressly designated or which is used with the knowledge and consent of the owner or operator for wading or recreational bathing by any segment of the public. Interactive fountains are a type of wading pool. Interactive fountains that do not pond water and use potable water once then send it to waste are not regulated by these rules.(c)
“Non-Regulated Fountain” means a fountain designed and operated solely for visual appreciation and for that function only. The Division does not license or regulate this type of fountain.(21)
“Responsible Supervisor” means a person, or persons, designated by the operator to provide emergency assistance to patrons, maintain order and enforce pool use regulations, governing safety and sanitation, including pool closure, and who is knowledgeable about pool maintenance and operation and the testing of pool water.(22)
“Shallow Water Lifeguard” means a person with training in the skills needed to lifeguard in four feet (1.2 m) of water or less. This person shall have current certification in:(a)
International Lifeguard Training Program (ILTP) for shallow water guards;(b)
Starfish Aquatics Institute StarGuard with a competency assessment designation of three feet of water or less, or;(c)
Equivalent training, as approved by the Division.(23)
“Special-use pool” means a public swimming pool which is designed specifically for sporting or recreational purposes and may include but are not limited to special features such as wave pools, diving pools, splash pools, zero depth pools, portable slides, and water slides.(24)
“Supplemental Disinfectant” means a disinfectant, which is intended to augment water quality in a public swimming pool or spa and will provide disinfection in conjunction with the approved disinfectant.(25)
“Swimming Pool” means an artificial structure, basin, chamber or tank used for wading, swimming, diving, water recreation, therapy or bathing. It does not include facilities where the water is drained after each use, when such facility has no heater, filter, or sanitizing equipment or spray pools that use potable water once and send to waste and that do not pond water in the basin. Types of pools are as follows:(a)
“Combination pool” means a pool used for swimming and diving, having both shallow and deep portions.(b)
“Diving pool” means a pool used exclusively for diving.(c)
“Exercise pool” means a pool small in area and of shallow depth usually associated with a health spa.(d)
“Mobile pool” means a pool constructed on a mobile structure, which can be transported from place to place.(e)
“Reverse flow pool” means a pool of a design in which the water enters at the bottom and leaves at the water line.(f)
“Spa” means a relatively small pool, which uses high temperature water and which may include a water agitation system or air-enriched water under pressure, with the intent of producing a relaxing or therapeutic effect. A spa is sometimes called a whirlpool.(g)
“Special-use pool” means a pool used for a purpose not otherwise defined, such as for apparatus swimming, diving, and underwater photography training, therapy, or other use by the public.(h)
“Spray Pool” means a type of wading pool that provides water for recreational bathing through the use of sprays, fountains, buckets or other means, that allows the water to run by gravity to a drain and does not pond water in the basin. Spray pools that use potable water once and waste it to the drain without ponding of the water are not regulated by these rules.(i)
“Wading Pool” means a shallow pool used primarily by children, and designed to have a water depth no greater than 24 inches.(j)
“Waterslide plunge pool” means a pool located at the exit end of a waterslide flume and intended and designed to receive sliders emerging from the flume.(k)
“Water recreation attraction” means a special-use pool designed and intended for recreational use with special design or operational features that provide the patron recreational activity which may be different from that associated with a conventional swimming pool, and that purposefully involves immersion of the body partially or totally in the water.(l)
“Wave pool” means a pool designed for generating waves for recreational purposes.(m)
“Zero-depth pool” means a pool having a bottom slope, which continues through decreasing depth until the bottom joins with the deck around either part or all of the pool perimeter. It may have no walls, or may have walls around part of the perimeter.(26)
“Variance” means written permission from the Division for a public swimming pool, public spa pool or public wading pool to be operated when it does not comply with all the applicable rules for public swimming pools, public spa pools or public wading pools.(27)
“Waterpark slide” means a slide at a public pool, which has a length of at least twenty feet (6.1m), not including the platform.
Source:
Rule 333-060-0015 — Definitions, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=333-060-0015.