Section 1200-25-01-.01 - DEFINITIONS(1) General: As used in these rules, unless the context requires otherwise:(a) Approved means being accepted by the Commissioner(b) Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Department of Health, his duly appointed representative, and in the event of his absence or vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner.(c) Contractor means a person that enters into an agreement with another person to perform specific duties and acts as a representative of the permittee or permit applicant.(d) Employee means the permit holder, individuals having supervisory or management duties or any other person working in a public swimming pool.(e) Law means any provision of the State of Tennessee statutes and rules.(f) Owner/Operator means the applicant, permittee, or other persons to be in charge of facilities.(g) Person means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, agency, municipality, or state or political subdivisions, or the Federal Government and its' agencies and departments.(h) Person In Charge means the individual present in a public swimming pool who is the apparent supervisor at the time of inspection, or if no individual is the apparent supervisor, then any employee present.(i) Potable Water means water that is safe for drinking.(j) Sewage means human excreta, all water carried waste, and household wastes from residences, buildings, or commercial and industrial establishments.(k) Shall denotes a mandatory requirement(l) Solid Waste means refuse, garbage, trash, rubbish, and any other item or items which could cause an unsanitary condition or undesirable health and safety conditions.(m) Alter/Alteration means to redesign pool size, shape, piping; to change major equipment such as filter or disinfectant system; to install or remove equipment; to change classification of pool; to make any change that may effect the overall safety or effectiveness of operation, including additions or redesign of a bathhouse.(n) Certified Lifeguard means an individual who has a valid and current American Red Cross Lifeguard Training Certificate*, or the YMCA Senior Life Saving Certificate, or Boy Scouts of America equivalent. (* or current Red Cross equivalent)(o) Coping means the covering which joins the top of the pool wall with the pool decking.(p) Deck means the area around the pool.(q) Department means the Department of Health.(r) Disinfection Equipment means any device used to mechanically supply disinfectants to the pool water.(s) Dive means to plunge into water head first from a board or tower.(t) Diving Board means a device extending over the pool for the purpose of diving.(u) Filter means any apparatus by which water is clarified.(v) Hose Bibb means a water faucet with male screw threads for attachment to hose.(w) Lifeline means a rope with flotation devices across a pool to designate a change of slope in the pool bottom and is used to separate the shallow and deep areas of the pool.(x) Life Saving Equipment Unit consists of a Ring Buoy and Shepherd's Crook. The ring buoy consists of a ring at least eighteen inches (18") in diameter made of solid, buoyant material and weighing approximately two and one-half (2 1/2) pounds with grab line and retrieving line equal to one and one-half (1 1/2) times the maximum width of the pool not to exceed 50 feet in length. The line shall consist of 1/4-inch polyproplene, or similar type line with two inch ball or "lemon" on the free end. The Shepherd's Crook shall be large enough to encircle the entire body with a minimum twelve (12) foot handle. Where lifeguards are required, a rescue tube may be substituted for each ring buoy required.(y) Main Drain means the outlet or outlets at the bottom, deep portion of the pool through which the main flow of water leaves the pool.(z) Normal Operating Level means the level of the water at the mid-point of the surface skimmer throat or at overflow gutter tip.(aa) Overflow Trough means the gutter or trough around the top perimeter of a pool which is used to skim the surface of the water to waste or to filters. These troughs are sometimes referred to as scum gutters.(bb) Pool Depth means the distance between the floor of the pool and the normal operating level.(cc) Pool Facilities is a general term that includes all areas of the pool. It includes but is not limited to the pool deck, bathhouse, fences, filtration and safety equipment, sidewalks and plumbing facilities.(dd) Public Swimming Pool, Public Pool or Pool means any pool other than a residential or therapeutic type pool which is used for bathing, swimming, instructional purposes in swimming, diving or other aquatic activities, or for other recreational purposes to which admission may be gained with or without payment of a fee. Public swimming pools are listed in the following categories, based upon specific characteristics, usage and other factors:
1. Type "A" means any pool intended for, or used by, the general public for recreational use and pools not open to the general public such as institutional, school, child care facilities, scouts, resident camps, day camps, recreational, country clubs or pools of similar usage and type.2. Type "B" means swimming pools restricted to residents, members or registered guest, including hotels, motels, apartments, trailer parks/mobile home parks, travel camps, condominium multi-family residential housing homeowner associations, and subdivisions or similar developments. Also included are YMCA, YWCA, health or athletic clubs, and pools of similar type and usage. When pools of this type are used by other persons, organizations, special groups or by the general public, the requirements for lifeguards shall be the same as for Type "A" Pools.3. Type "C" means wading pools.4. Type "D" means whirlpools, hot tubs, or other pools of similar type and usage, intended for health or recreational usage.5. Type "E" means water flumes, water slides or other similar water attraction.(ee) Rate of Flow means a quantity of water flowing past a given point in a unit of time. Usually measured in gallons per minute (gpm).(ff) Residential Pool means any pool that serves no more than three living units, the use of which shall be confined to the family of each residence and their private guest.(gg) Skimmer means a device other than an overflow trough that is used to continuously remove surface water and floating debris from a pool.(hh) Skimmer Weir means that part of a skimmer that adjusts automatically to small changes in water level to assure a continuous flow of water to the skimmer. (n) Therapeutic Pool means a pool used for medical treatment which is under the supervision of licensed medical personnel.(jj) Tower means an elevated platform from which a person can jump or plunge into the pool.(kk) Turnover rate means the number of times a quantity of water equal to the total capacity of the pool passes through the filters in a stated period. Usually stated in hour turnover rate (6 hr. turnover rate for example) or turnovers per day.(ll) Wading Pool means a small pool normally for non-swimming children, used for wading, with a maximum depth of twenty-four (24) inches.(mm) Water Slides or Water Flumes means inclined trough(s) that convey patrons in a stream of water ending in a pool. This is not intended to include water attractions that involve a boat, "log" or other such vessels in which patrons ride and not normally come in direct contact with the water nor does this include swimming pool sliding equipment.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-25-01-.01
Original rule filed February 29, 1996; effective June 28, 1996.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 68-14-301 through 68-14-323, 68-14-302(a), 68-14-303(3) and 68-14-403.