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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 25. FOOD OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY HYGIENE FACILITIES |
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SubTilte 25-C. SWIMMING POOL AND SPA REGULATIONS |
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Chapter 25-C64. SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS |
Section 25-C6410. LIFEGUARD REQUIREMENTS - BATHER LOAD, POOL SIZE, OR VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS
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6410.1There shall be a minimum of one (1) lifeguard on duty capable of observing the swimming pool for every fifty (50) bathers permitted in the water.
6410.2Pool management shall increase the number of lifeguards based on the number of bathers in the swimming pool.
6410.3The Department of Health may require a lifeguard to be on duty if none exists, or require additional lifeguards to be on the deck, or restrict swimming to one (1) portion of any swimming pool because of the following:
(a)The number of lifeguards is inadequate to safely guard the swimming pool due to the number of bathers using the swimming pool;
(b)The shape, dimension, and layout of the swimming pool and filter room locations;
(c)The existence of an obstruction to vision; or
(d)The capability of the bathers using the swimming pool.
6410.4Swimming pools over eighteen hundred square feet (1800 sq. ft.) of water surface area shall have at least one (1) elevated lifeguard chair for each three thousand square feet (3000 sq. ft.) of swimming pool surface or fraction thereof. A deck-level lifeguard may be used in a designated area on the deck adjacent to shallow water instead of an elevated lifeguard chair.
6410.5Swimming pools with a width of forty-five feet (45 ft.) or more shall have more than one (1) lifeguard chair located on each side of the swimming pool.