Health Regulations; Signs
Effective Jul 9, 2004MGL c. 111, § 127ADepartment of Public Health
- (1) No person having a communicable disease shall be employed or work at a swimming, wading or special purpose pool.
(2) The following regulations shall be enforced by the operator:
- (a) No bather shall enter the pool unless he first takes a cleansing shower.
- (b) No bather shall wear a bathing suit that is unclean.
- (c) No person suffering from a fever, cough, cold, inflammation of the eyes, nasal or ear discharges, or any communicable disease shall be allowed the use of the pool.
- (d) No person with sores or other evidence of skin disease, or who is wearing a bandage or medical covering of any kind, shall be allowed the use of the pool.
- (e) No person shall spit in or in any other way contaminate the pool, or its floors, walkways, aisles, or dressing rooms.
- (f) No glass, with the exception of shatterproof light shields, shall be permitted in the pool or on walkways within eight feet of the pool.
- (g) No person shall bring or throw into the pool any object that may in any way carry contamination or endanger the safety of bathers.
(3) The operator shall cause a sign to be placed at the entrance of the pool enclosure, or on a wall of the dressing room where one is provided, which reads substantially as follows:
"All persons are required to take a cleansing shower bath before entering the pool." "No person with a communicable disease is allowed to use the pool."
(4) The operator of special purpose pools shallinclude on the sign required in 105 CMR 435.22(3) the following warnings:
- (a) Do not use when alone.
- (b) Do not use while under the influence of alcohol, anticoagulants, antihistamines, vasoconstrictors, vasodialators, stimulants, hypnotics, narcotics or tranquilizers.
- (c) Elderly persons, pregnant women, and persons suffering from heart disease, diabetes, high or low blood pressure should not use this pool until they consult with their physician.
- (d) Do not use the pool when the water temperature is greater than 104°F.
- (e) Observe a reasonable time limit (e.g., ten minutes), then shower, cool down, and, if you wish, return for another brief stay. Long exposure may result in nausea, dizziness or fainting.
- (f) The use of oils and body lotion by bathers is prohibited.
- (5) The operator of special purpose pools shall provide a permanently mounted clock, with a large dial, located as to be easily readable by bathers at the pool.