Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.2-4

Sec. 70. (a) Staff shall maintain a one (1) to three (3) parts per million (ppm) chlorine solution, as verified by a pool test kit, or equivalent, in water tables used for water play activities. Staff shall empty the water table daily and clean it with an approved sanitizing solution before being air-dried.

(b) Portable fill and draw pools are prohibited.

(c) When children swim in a permanently constructed private swimming pool, wading pool, or lake owned by the child care center, center staff, relatives, parents, or others, while under the supervision of the child care center staff, the following rules apply:

(1) Pool equipment and chemical storage rooms must be locked and inaccessible to children.

(2) Written parental permission shall be obtained and kept on file before a child participates in a swimming activity.

(3) Each swimming area must have at least two (2) flotation devices.

(4) Staff to child ratios must be twice the number required in this rule. The center may count employed lifeguards in staff to child ratios.

(5) A person having a valid Red Cross advanced life saving certificate shall be on duty at all times when a swimming pool or lake is in use.

(6) At all times, when children are in the water, staff shall directly supervise children with at least one (1) staff person at pool or lake side, and another staff in the water with the children.

(7) Private lakes must have their water tested and approved for swimming.

(d) In addition, permanently constructed swimming or wading pools located on the premises of the child care center must meet the following:

(1) The center shall construct the pool in accordance with FPBSC rules under 675 IAC 20 and maintain it in accordance with IDOH rules under 410 IAC 6-2.1.

(2) The center shall fence in all swimming and wading pool areas and keep the gate locked when the pool is not in use.

(3) The center shall cover or empty swimming pools in the off season.

(e) When children are taken to public pools or lakes while under the supervision of the child care center, the following rules apply:

(1) Written parental permission shall be obtained and kept on file before a child participates in a swimming activity.

(2) Staff to child ratios must be twice the number required in this rule. A center may count one (1) pool or lake lifeguard in the staff to child ratios for the child care center unless pool or lake policies prohibit.

(3) At all times, when children are in the water, staff shall directly supervise children with at least one (1) staff person at pool or lake side, and another staff in the water with the children.

(f) Staff shall not permit children to be in hot tubs, spas, or saunas.

(Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-4.7-70; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 137; errata filed Nov 7, 2003, 2:45 p.m.: 27 IR 1184; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA; filed Oct 31, 2025, 10:48 a.m.: 20251126-IR-470250369FRA)