To: Board of Health
Through: Jennifer Ludwig, Public Health Director, Arapahoe County Public Health
Prepared By:
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Steven Chevalier, Environmental Health Manager (Early Childhood, Schools and Environmental Protection), Public Health
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presenter
Presenters: Steven Chevalier, Environmental Health Manager (Early Childhood, Schools and Environmental Protection), Public Health
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Subject:
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Local Adoption of the Colorado Swimming Pools and Mineral Baths Regulations
Purpose and Request:
recommended action
Arapahoe County Public Health (ACPH) requests that the Board of Health adopt a resolution locally adopting by reference the Colorado Swimming Pools and Mineral Baths Regulations, 5 CCR 1003-5 (Regulations), for administration and enforcement within ACPH’s jurisdiction.
ACPH currently administers and enforces the Regulations for public and semi-public aquatic venues. The proposed resolution would formally establish the existing state code as the local regulatory baseline for the program. It would not change the standards currently applied to regulated facilities.
The resolution would also direct ACPH to begin a separate, stakeholder-informed process to develop proposed local aquatic venue regulations for future consideration by the Board. That future process will include evaluation of the standards in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC), along with potential permitting or licensing requirements, fees, and associated enforcement procedures.
The resolution does not adopt the MAHC, establish a licensing program, approve new fees, or impose new technical requirements at this time.
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Background and Discussion: ACPH voluntarily operates a local inspection program for public and semi-public aquatic venues because the program provides meaningful public health protection. Colorado law and regulation authorize local public health agencies to administer and enforce the Regulations, bu...
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