Safety – Water hazards and swimming pools Family Home WAC Center WAC Proposed WAC Satisfactory/Minor/Major Conflicts with ECEAP, revisions; Concerns; Head Start, Schools Suggested Alternate District Standards and Language Practices WAC 170-296A-5175 WAC 170-295-5050 170-300-0175 Wading pools – Defined – How can I make sure water Water hazards and supervision activities are as safe and swimming pools. sanitary as possible? To prevent injury or drowning (1) A wading pool: (1) To ensure that the children and ensure the health and (a) is an enclosed pool with are safe with a swimming pool safety of children, an early water depth of two feet or less on the premises, you must: learning provider must comply measured without children in (a) Ensure that pools are with the requirements the pool; and inaccessible to children when described in this section. (b) Can be emptied and not in use; The following bodies of moved. (c) Follow any guidelines water must be inaccessible (2) When a wading pool on the established by our local health to children in care by using premises is intended for use by jurisdiction or the state a physical barrier with a the children, the licensee must: department of health; locking mechanism: (b) Obtain written (2) You must prohibit children Swimming pools permission from each parent or from using or having access to when not being used guardian to allow the child to a hot tub spa, small portable as part of the early use a wading pool; wading pools, whirlpool, or learning program, hot (e) use a door alarm or other similar equipment. tubs, spas and jet bell to warn staff that children (3) If you have a water table tubs; are entering the outdoor area you must empty and sanitize Ponds, lakes, storm when pool water could be water tables or similar water retention accessed, or keep the wading play containers after each use ponds, ditches, pool empty when not in use; and more often if necessary. fountains, fish ponds, (f) empty the pool landscape pools or daily; and similar bodies of (g) Clean and disinfect water; and the pool as provide in WAC
Safety – Water hazards and swimming pools Family Home WAC Center WAC Proposed WAC Satisfactory/Minor/Major revisions; Concerns; Suggested Alternate Language Conflicts with ECEAP, Head Start, Schools District Standards and Practices WAC 170-296A-5175 Wading pools – Defined – supervision (1) A wading pool: (a) is an enclosed pool with water depth of two feet or less measured without children in the pool; and (b) Can be emptied and moved. (2) When a wading pool on the premises is intended for use by the children, the licensee must: (b) Obtain written permission from each parent or guardian to allow the child to use a wading pool; (e) use a door alarm or bell to warn staff that children are entering the outdoor area when pool water could be accessed, or keep the wading pool empty when not in use; (f) empty the pool daily; and (g) Clean and disinfect the pool as provide in WAC WAC 170-295-5050 How can I make sure water activities are as safe and sanitary as possible? (1) To ensure that the children are safe with a swimming pool on the premises, you must: (a) Ensure that pools are inaccessible to children when not in use; (c) Follow any guidelines established by our local health jurisdiction or the state department of health; (2) You must prohibit children from using or having access to a hot tub spa, small portable wading pools, whirlpool, or other similar equipment. (3) If you have a water table you must empty and sanitize water tables or similar water play containers after each use and more often if necessary. 170-300-0175 Water hazards and swimming pools. To prevent injury or drowning and ensure the health and safety of children, an early learning provider must comply with the requirements described in this section. The following bodies of water must be inaccessible to children in care by using a physical barrier with a locking mechanism: Swimming pools when not being used as part of the early learning program, hot tubs, spas and jet tubs; Ponds, lakes, storm retention ponds, ditches, fountains, fish ponds, landscape pools or similar bodies of water; and
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