- (a) An adult waterfront director, who holds current American Red Cross water safety instructor or senior lifesaver certificates or their equivalent, shall be in charge of all swimming and watercraft activities. While swimming or watercraft activities are in progress, the waterfront director or a qualified assistant shall be in attendance supervising the program.
- (b) The waterfront director is to be responsible for procedures of waterfront supervision and insure that they are strictly enforced. The waterfront staff shall not engage in recreational swimming or boating while on waterfront duty. When swimming and waterfront activities are conducted in natural bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, or creeks, one lifeguard per 10 children shall be on duty. If the swimming program is conducted in a swimming pool, one lifeguard per 35 children shall be on duty with a minimum of two persons on duty when the swimming pool is in use.
- (c) Swimming areas shall be maintained in a safe and clean condition.
- (d) American Red Cross, YMCA, or Boy Scouts of America tests shall be used to determine each child's swimming ability. Children shall then be confined to the limits of swimming skills for which they have been classified. Also, the swimming area shall have areas for nonswimmers, intermediates, and swimmers clearly marked in accordance with the standards of the American Red Cross, YMCA, or Boy Scouts of America.
- (e) A method of checking bathers in and out of the water shall be established and enforced. Recommended methods are the check or buddy board, the buddy system, the colored cap system, or any combination of these.
- (f) Lifesaving equipment commensurate with the activity shall be provided at the swimming area and placed so it is immediately available in case of an emergency.
- (g) A coastguard approved life preserver shall be provided for each occupant of a watercraft and each occupant 12 years of age and under shall wear the life preserver at all times while in the watercraft. A nonswimmer shall wear a vest type coastguard approved life preserver and not be permitted in a sailboat unless accompanied by a counselor. A camper shall wear a vest type coastguard preserver before entering and while in white water or on a lake when the water is rough or while waterskiing.
- (h) A watercraft docking area shall not be in the swimming area and waterskiers shall not launch or stop in the swimming area.
Source Note:The provisions of this §265.16 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976.