§ 23-22-1. Definitions. (a) “Person” as used in this chapter includes any partnership, association, corporation, city, or town. (b) “Swimming pool,” as used in this chapter, includes all swimming pools, wading pools, and therapeutic pools owned or maintained by any person, partnership, association, corporation, city, or town, or the state, except swimming pools maintained by […]
§ 23-22-10. Duplicate license — Displaying license after suspension or revocation. Whenever a license while still effective may become defaced or destroyed, the department of health shall, upon application, issue a duplicate license upon payment of a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 to the department. It shall be unlawful for any person to […]
§ 23-22-11. Access and inspection powers. For the purpose of this chapter the director of health or his or her duly authorized agents or employees shall at all reasonable times have authority to enter upon any and all parts of the premises on which any swimming pool is located and of the premises appurtenant to […]
§ 23-22-12. Penalty for violations. Any person, other than a city or town, whether as principal, agent, employer, or employee, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or any of the rules and regulations made by the department of health pursuant to this chapter, shall be punished by a fine of not more […]
§ 23-22-13. Appropriations and disbursements. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums that it may deem necessary, to be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this chapter, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of these […]
§ 23-22-14. Enforcement. In order to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the director of health shall have the power to obtain relief in equity or by prerogative writ. History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 11, § 4.
§ 23-22-15. Condominium pools — Life guards. Notwithstanding any general or public law to the contrary, condominium projects with forty-five (45) units or less are not required to have a life guard on duty at any swimming pool located on the premises. Provided, that where there is no life guard required to be on the […]
§ 23-22-2. Rules and regulations. The department of health shall make any rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, that it may deem advisable with reference to the design, equipment, condition, and maintenance of swimming pools for the purpose of insuring the health and safety of its users, and with reference to the submission […]
§ 23-22-3. Periodic inspection of pools. The department of health shall at least once each year, and at shorter intervals as it may deem advisable, cause inspections to be made to ascertain whether each swimming pool is being maintained in compliance with the rules and regulations of the department of health. First inspections of swimming […]
§ 23-22-4. Chemical and bacteriological analyses of water. The department of health shall cause to be made chemical and bacteriological analyses of samples of water from each swimming pool and shall report its findings to the person maintaining that swimming pool and shall state in that report whether or not the condition of the water […]
§ 23-22-5. Advice as to sanitary methods. The department of health shall from time to time advise each person maintaining a swimming pool as to the best methods for maintaining the proper sanitary conditions in the swimming pool. History of Section.P.L. 1928, ch. 1198, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 267, § 5; impl. am. P.L. […]
§ 23-22-6. License required — Term of license — Application — Fee. (a) No person shall maintain within this state a swimming pool until that person shall have obtained the appropriate license from the department. Licenses shall be of two (2) types, year-round or seasonal. The director, upon receipt of an application for a license […]
§ 23-22-7. Issuance or denial of license. Upon the application for a license to maintain a swimming pool, the department of health shall, within thirty (30) days from the time that the application is made, grant the application and issue a license to maintain a swimming pool if the department shall be satisfied that its […]
§ 23-22-8. Suspension and revocation of license. Whenever the department of health shall have reason to believe that any swimming pool, licensed as provided in § 23-22-7, is being maintained in violation of the rules and regulations of the department, or whenever the department has reason to believe that the condition and method of maintenance […]
§ 23-22-9. Judicial review of license action. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the department of health refusing to grant an application for a license to maintain a swimming pool, or suspending or revoking a license already issued may, within thirty (30) days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, after receiving notice of the decision, […]
