Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) Commencing January 1, 2012, the board shall be responsible for all of the following: (1) Directing the monitoring required to be conducted by Section 115880. (2) Establishing and reviewing monitoring protocols, site locations, and monitoring frequencies consistent with Sectio…

(a) (1) A health officer having jurisdiction over an area in which a public beach is created shall do all of the following: (A) Inspect the public beach to determine whether the public beach is in compliance with the standards established pursuant to Section 115880. If the health…

Prior to restricting the use of or closing a public beach or portion thereof alleged to be in violation of standards, the health officer or the department as the case may be, shall give reasonable notice of the violation to the owner of, or person or agency in charge of, the beac…

Any private person who violates any regulation adopted by the department pursuant to Section 115880 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(a) On or before the 15th day of each month, each health officer shall submit to the board a survey documenting all beach postings and closures resulting from implementation of Section 115915 that occurred during the preceding month. The survey shall, at a minimum, include the fo…

(a) Whenever any public beach fails to meet the bacteriological standards established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 115880, the health officer shall, at a minimum, post the public beach with conspicuous warning signs to inform the public of the nature of the problem and …

(a) (1) On or before July 1, 2022, the council shall direct a new or existing working group to study water recreation hazards at priority water-contact recreation sites. (2) The working group shall be cochaired by representatives from the state board and the department. (3) The w…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Swimming Pool Safety Act.

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Swimming pool” or “pool” means any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing that contains water over 18 inches deep. “Swimming pool” includes in-ground and aboveground structures and inc…

(a) Except as provided in Section 115925, subject to subdivision (b), and consistent with Section 1596.814, when a building permit is issued for the construction of a new swimming pool or spa or the remodeling of an existing swimming pool or spa at a private single-family home, t…

An enclosure shall have all of the following characteristics: (a) Any access gates through the enclosure open away from the swimming pool, and are self-closing with a self-latching device placed no lower than 60 inches above the ground. (b) A minimum height of 60 inches. (c) A ma…

(a) Any person entering into an agreement to build a swimming pool or spa, or to engage in permitted work on a pool or spa covered by this article, shall give the consumer notice of the requirements of this article. (b) Pursuant to existing law, the Department of Health Services …

The requirements of this article do not apply to any of the following: (a) Public swimming pools. (b) Hot tubs or spas with locking safety covers that comply with the ASTM International F1346 standard. (c) An apartment complex, or any residential setting other than a single-famil…

(a) The State Department of Social Services shall prescribe drowning prevention safety standards governing all swimming pools and other bodies of water located at facilities regulated by the department, regardless of whether the swimming pool is also subject to this article. The …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this article shall not be subject to further modification or interpretation by any regulatory agency of the state, this authority being reserved exclusively to local jurisdictions, as provided for in paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of …

Whenever a building permit is issued for the construction of a new swimming pool or spa, the pool or spa shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) (1) The suction outlets of the pool or spa for which the permit is issued shall be equipped to provide circulation throughout…

Whenever a building permit is issued for the remodel or modification of an existing swimming pool, toddler pool, or spa, the permit shall require that the suction outlet or suction outlets of the existing swimming pool, toddler pool, or spa be upgraded so as to be equipped with a…

(a) The Legislature encourages a private entity, in consultation with the Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control Branch of the department, to produce an informative brochure or booklet, for consumer use, explaining the child drowning hazards of, possible safety measures f…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Wave Pool Safety Act.

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Nonswimmer” means a person who is a weak or inexperienced swimmer or a person who cannot swim. (b) “Patron” means a swimmer or nonswimmer using a wave pool. (c) “Rest period” means a period of time that the…

On and after January 1, 2009, a wave pool in this state shall comply with all of the following: (a) (1) A wave pool operator shall provide a United States Coast Guard-approved Type II or Type III lifevest that is free and available for use by a nonswimmer or a child under 48 inch…

The following definitions apply for purposes of this article: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health. (b) “Wave basin” means an artificially constructed body of water within an impervious water containment structure incorporating the use of a mechanical devi…

(a) A wave basin shall be subject to regulation as a permanent amusement ride under the Permanent Amusement Ride Safety Inspection Program (Part 8.1 (commencing with Section 7920) of Division 5 of the Labor Code), and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health may inspect and…

“Resort,” as used in this article, means a resort, bathhouse, or other public place for the purpose of accommodating bathers, bordering upon or adjoining the seacoast or a lake where the public resort for the purpose of bathing in the open sea or lake.

No person shall own or conduct a resort unless it is equipped with at least one lifeboat.

The boat shall be fully equipped with oars, oarlocks, and not less than two life preservers, and two hundred feet of rope. It shall be kept in good repair and near the resort.

The boat shall have the word “lifeboat” plainly printed or painted upon it. It shall be used for no purpose other than for the saving of life or for other cases of emergency.

Every person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than ten nor more than four hundred dollars ($400), or by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or by both.

“Resort,” as used in this article, means any public bathing or swimming place or resort on a river or stream.

No person shall maintain a resort unless he or she carefully sounds the depth of water and locates the eddies and pools and determines the presence and nature of dangerous currents, sunken logs, rocks, and obstructions in the stream or river.

No person shall maintain a resort unless signs indicating in plain letters the depth of water, the location of pools or eddies, and the presence and direction of currents of water are placed and maintained in the water during the season when bathing and swimming are permitted or …

No person shall maintain a resort unless safety ropes are stretched wherever necessary to show the line of eddies, pools, sunken obstructions, and other hidden dangers to bathers in the water.

Every person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.

For purposes of this article, “wearable personal flotation device” means a lifejacket, puddle jumper, water wings, or other flotation device designed to be worn or attached to the body of an infant or child.

On or after January 1, 2026, a person or entity shall not manufacture, sell, distribute, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce in this state a wearable personal flotation device that is not approved by the United States Coast Guard.

“Public swimming pool,” as used in this article, means any public swimming pool, bathhouse, public swimming and bathing place and all related appurtenances.

Except as provided in Section 116033, “lifeguard service,” as used in this article, means the attendance at a public swimming pool, during periods of use, of one or more lifeguards who possess, as minimum qualifications, current certificates from an American Red Cross or YMCA of …

(a) The construction standards as set forth in this article and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, shall not apply to any artificially constructed swimming facility in excess of 20,000 square feet of surface area, including, but not limited to, a manmade lake or swimming l…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), persons providing aquatic instruction, including, but not limited to, swimming instruction, water safety instruction, water contact activities, and competitive aquatic sports, at a public swimming pool shall possess current certificates …

The department has supervision of sanitation, healthfulness, and safety of public swimming pools.

The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) In California, drowning is the leading cause of death for children 4 years of age and younger, the second leading cause of death for children 5 to 14 years of age, inclusive, and the third leading cause of death for te…

Every person proposing to construct a public swimming pool shall file a copy of the plans therefor, prior to construction, with the local health officer having jurisdiction for approval.

Every person operating or maintaining a public swimming pool must do so in a sanitary, healthful and safe manner.

Every public swimming pool, including swimming pool structure, appurtenances, operation, source of water supply, amount and quality of water recirculated and in the pool, method of water purification, lifesaving apparatus, measures to insure safety of bathers, and measures to ins…

(a) Lifeguard service shall be provided for any public swimming pool that is of wholly artificial construction and for the use of which a direct fee is charged. For all other public swimming pools, lifeguard service shall be provided or signs shall be erected clearly indicating t…

(a) The State Department of Education, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall issue best practices guidelines related to pool safety at K–12 schools. (b) Guidelines promulgated pursuant to this section that relate to the use or placement of automated ex…

(a) On or after January 1, 1987, for public swimming pools in any common interest development, as defined in Section 4100 or 6534 of the Civil Code, that consists of fewer than 25 separate interests, as defined in Section 4185 or 6564 of the Civil Code, the person operating each …

(a) “Public swimming pool,” as used in this section, means any public swimming pool defined in Section 116025 that is owned or operated by the state or any local governmental entity, including, but not limited to, any city, county, city and county, charter city, charter county, o…

(a) “Public swimming pool,” as used in this section, means any swimming pool operated for the use of the general public with or without charge, or for the use of the members and guests of a private club, including any swimming pool located on the grounds of a hotel, motel, inn, a…

Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall make and enforce regulations pertaining to public swimming pools as it deems proper and shall enforce building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to public swimming pools; provided, that no r…