Beyond the barrier, Florida's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act makes a Bay County pool carry at least one added safety feature, and federal law requires anti-entrapment drain covers.
Under section 515.27 of the Florida Statutes, a Bay County pool cannot pass final inspection until it has at least one approved safety feature in addition to the barrier: an approved safety pool cover, exit alarms on doors and windows leading to the pool, self-closing and self-latching devices on those doors, or a pool alarm. The federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act requires anti-entrapment drain covers. Pool-safety compliance must be disclosed in a Florida home sale. Florida records among the highest child-drowning rates in the nation, which drives strict enforcement across St. Andrew Bay and the Panama City Beach area.
A pool missing its required safety feature fails inspection and draws a correction order. Noncompliance carries second-degree-misdemeanor exposure under state law and raises liability and insurance concerns.
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