Kentucky regulates public swimming pools, spas, and aquatic facilities through 902 KAR 10:120, setting uniform safety, sanitation, and lifeguard standards. Local health departments inspect facilities, but substantive safety rules are established statewide and cannot be weakened locally.
Under 902 KAR 10:120, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services regulates public and semi-public pools, requiring permits, water quality testing, depth markings, anti-entrapment drain covers compliant with the federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, and safety equipment including life rings and shepherds crooks. Lifeguards are required at certain occupancy levels. Pool operators must hold certification. Private residential pools fall under building code barrier rules but are exempt from public pool sanitation standards. Local health departments enforce the regulations through routine inspections.
Operating a public pool without a permit or with safety violations can result in closure, daily civil penalties, and revocation of operating permits by the local health department.
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