Florida's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act (FS 515.27) requires every new residential pool to have at least one approved drowning-prevention feature: an isolating barrier, an approved safety cover, exit alarms on pool-access doors/windows, self-closing/self-latching door devices, or an ASTM pool alarm.
FS 515.27(1) lets a homeowner choose among approved safety features to pass final inspection: (a) an isolating barrier meeting FS 515.29; (b) an approved safety pool cover; (c) exit alarms rated 85 dBA at 10 feet on all doors/windows giving direct pool access; (d) a self-closing, self-latching device with the release at least 54 inches above the floor on those doors; or (e) a swimming-pool alarm meeting ASTM F2208. Lake County enforces these through the building-permit final inspection. Public pools (community, HOA, hotel, club) are separately regulated by the Florida Department of Health under FAC Chapter 64E-9, not by these single-family provisions.
Failing to equip a residential pool with a required safety feature is a second-degree misdemeanor (FS 515.27(3)); the pool also cannot receive final building approval until a feature is installed and inspected.
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