A hot tub or nonportable spa is a swimming pool under Florida's Pool Safety Act. It complies when fitted with an approved safety pool cover meeting ASTM F1346, or by using a 4-foot barrier or exit alarms, under Fla. Stat. §515.27.
Florida's definitions in Fla. Stat. §515.25 fold hot tubs and nonportable spas into the term swimming pool, so the Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act applies. The simplest compliance path is an approved safety pool cover — a manually or power-operated cover meeting ASTM standard F1346-91 — latched over the spa. A spa can also sit inside a 4-foot barrier or rely on exit alarms and self-latching doors like any pool. The 240-volt connection is permitted and inspected by St. Johns County under the Florida Building Code, which requires GFCI protection and equipotential bonding around the spa shell.
A built-in spa with no approved cover, barrier, or alarm violates §515.27. Unpermitted or unbonded electrical work draws a correction notice at inspection.
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