Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.2132 - Water depths; depth markings; lifelines

Rule 32.

(1) A swimming pool owner shall ensure that the following maximum water depths are complied with:

(a) Not more than 5.25 feet in a swimming pool which is smaller than 800 square feet in water surface area and which has a shallow area for walking or standing.

(b) Not more than 1.5 feet in a wading pool.

(c) Not more than 4 feet in a spa pool.

(2) A swimming pool owner shall plainly mark the depth of water in a swimming pool on the walkway next to the swimming pool.

(3) A swimming pool owner shall provide depth markers as necessary to indicate the depth of water as follows:

(a) At each side and at each end of the pool.

(b) At the maximum and the minimum depths.

(c) At a change in the floor slope between shallow and deeper areas.

(d) At other critical points.

(e) At intermediate points not more than 25 feet apart measured peripherally, except at a river ride pool.

(f) At each means of egress at a river ride pool.

(4) A swimming pool owner shall ensure that a depth marker is in compliance with all of the following requirements:

(a) Has legible numerals.

(b) Is not less than 4 inches high.

(c) Is a color that contrasts with the background.

(d) Indicates the units of measure.

(e) Indicates the water depth from the minimum operating water level to the bottom of the pool at that point.

(5) A swimming pool owner shall place the words "no diving" between the depth markers on the walkway where the water depth is less than 5 feet at a swimming pool. A swimming pool owner shall ensure that the words meet the requirements of subrule (4) of this rule.

(6) A swimming pool owner may place "no diving" symbols that are not less than 4 inches high on the walkway in place of the words "no diving" required by subrule (5) of this rule.

(7) A swimming pool owner is not required to place depth markers at the zero depth end of a pool.

(8) A swimming pool owner is not required to place "no diving" markers at a spa pool, wading pool, scuba diving pool, or at the zero depth end of a pool.

(9) A swimming pool owner shall place a sign in a scuba diving pool enclosure which states that the pool is for scuba diving only.

(10) A swimming pool owner shall provide a lifeline at a swimming pool, other than a water slide pool or a wave pool, at a change in floor slope where the water depth is less than 5 feet or at the 5-foot depth if the slope does not change.

(11) A swimming pool owner shall ensure that the lifeline has floats and anchors in both sidewalls near the water level.

Notes

Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.2132

1979 AC; 1983 AACS; 2001 AACS