§ 63-1-1013. Definition of public bathing place.

The term "public bathing place," as used in the following sections of this article, includes all entirely artificially constructed wading pools, swimming pools, bathhouses used collectively by a number of persons for wading, swimming, recreative, or therapeutic bathing, together with all sanitary facilities, bathing suits, buildings, equipment, and appurtenances pertaining to such bathing places; provided, that such term shall not apply to those public or semipublic baths where the main object is the external cleansing of the body, to bathing places maintained by an individual for the use of family and friends, or to bathing places owned or managed by a group or association of the owners of thirty or fewer homes, the use of which is limited to the homeowner group and their nonpaying guests.  The term “public bathing place” does not include spray pads or spray grounds.  As used in this section, “spray pads or spray grounds” mean interactive recreation areas intended for use by children in which the water is supplied by a system of sprays and is not allowed to accumulate above ground.

Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 10, § 1013, operative July 1, 1963.  Amended by Laws 1995, c. 54, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 2010, c. 382, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.