§ 23-22-1. Definitions.
(a) “Person” as used in this chapter includes any partnership, association, corporation, city, or town.
(b) “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. The term “swimming pools” wherever the context requires shall be construed to include the apparatus, structure, and equipment pertaining to the swimming pool, the premises on which the swimming pool is located, and the premises appurtenant to this.
History of Section.P.L. 1928, ch. 1198, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 267, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-22-1; P.L. 1962, ch. 11, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 161, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 66.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-22 - Licensing of Swimming Pools
Section 23-22-1. - Definitions.
Section 23-22-2. - Rules and regulations.
Section 23-22-3. - Periodic inspection of pools.
Section 23-22-4. - Chemical and bacteriological analyses of water.
Section 23-22-5. - Advice as to sanitary methods.
Section 23-22-6. - License required — Term of license — Application — Fee.
Section 23-22-7. - Issuance or denial of license.
Section 23-22-8. - Suspension and revocation of license.
Section 23-22-9. - Judicial review of license action.
Section 23-22-10. - Duplicate license — Displaying license after suspension or revocation.
Section 23-22-11. - Access and inspection powers.
Section 23-22-12. - Penalty for violations.
Section 23-22-13. - Appropriations and disbursements.