Rhode Island General Laws 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 is detrimental to the health and safety of the users of the swimming pool. The first analyses of samples of water from a newly opened swimming pool shall be made within thirty (30) days after the receipt of an application for a license for that swimming pool.
History of Section.
P.L. 1928, ch. 1198, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 267, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-22-4; P.L. 1962, ch. 11, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 161, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-22-4
- Person: as used in this chapter includes any partnership, association, corporation, city, or town. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-22-1
- 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 an individual for the sole use of the individual's household and guests without charge for admission and not for the purpose of profit or in connection with any business operated for the purpose of profit, and except also swimming pools owned or maintained by the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-22-1