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The Florida Department of Health (DOH) has revised Chapter 64e-9, Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Places of the Florida Administrative Code (FAC). These changes were published in the Florida Administrative Weekly on April 10, 2009 and became effective May 24, 2009.

Many aquatic professionals are surprised the first time the Bureau of Fair Rides shows up to inspect their facility. The Bureau is responsible to inspect and license amusement rides throughout the state of Florida. Amusement rides include “any building, structure, or mechanical device or combination thereof through which a patron moves, walks, or is carried or conveyed on, along, around, over, or through a fixed or restricted course or within a defined area for the purpose of giving its patrons amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement” specifically leisure rivers, wave pools, and slides. If your facility has a slide that drops ten feet or more with water running down it into a pool then your facility is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Fair Ride.

Federal Register (October 21, 2009):

CPSC will conduct a public hearing to receive views from interested parties on the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act July 2009 Staff Technical Guidance on Unblockable Drains (see: http://www.poolsafety.gov/unblockdrain.pdf). The Commission invites public participation in the hearing. Oral presentations should be limited to ten minutes and will become part of the public record. See the following page for details: http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/unblockable.pdf.

Requests to make oral presentations and the written text of the oral presentations must be received by the Office of the Secretary no later than 5 p.m. ET on October 28, 2009. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. on November 4, 2009.

The Aquatics Group was established to create communication among Aquatic professionals throughout the State of Florida. Through this medium we can ask questions, share solutions and create ideas that work in Aquatics, a specialized field within Recreation.

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You can join the groups as an individual e-mail subscriber or you can use the full features if you have a Yahoo! account.

Features include sharing information like Files (post a file to share), Calendar (post a training class or other opportunity), Polls (good for surveys), Links (great for finding info quick), and Photos (great for sharing).

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