§ 16.15-170. Hygiene requirements.

A.

Bathers shall shower with warm water and soap, and shall rinse off all soap before entering the pool.

B.

The pool manager shall restrict from using the pool any person known or reasonably suspected to have:

1.

A communicable disease;

2.

Skin lesions;

3.

Sore or inflamed eyes reasonably believed to have been caused by a communicable disease; or

4.

Mouth, nose, or ear discharges.

C.

No person may urinate, spit, blow the nose, or deposit any foreign matter in a pool.

D.

Tobacco, food, and drink are prohibited on the pool deck or in the pool.

E.

Only persons dressed for bathing, unless authorized by the pool manager, are allowed on the pool deck or in the pool.

F.

Signs stating the requirements of A. through E. of this section shall be visibly posted in dressing rooms and by the pool.

G.

Bathing suits, towels, and bathing caps furnished to patrons shall be laundered with soap and hot water, rinsed, and dried before reuse.

(AO No. 99-11, § 6, 2-9-99)