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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 515
RESIDENTIAL SWIMMING POOL SAFETY ACT
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F.S. 515.25
515.25 Definitions.As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) “Approved safety pool cover” means a manually or power-operated safety pool cover that meets all of the performance standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) in compliance with standard F1346-91.
(2) “Barrier” means a fence, dwelling wall, or nondwelling wall, or any combination thereof, which completely surrounds the swimming pool and obstructs access to the swimming pool, especially access from the residence or from the yard outside the barrier.
(3) “Department” means the Department of Health.
(4) “Exit alarm” means a device that makes audible, continuous alarm sounds when any door or window which permits access from the residence to any pool area that is without an intervening enclosure is opened or left ajar.
(5) “Indoor swimming pool” means a swimming pool that is totally contained within a building and surrounded on all four sides by walls of or within the building.
(6) “Medically frail elderly person” means any person who is at least 65 years of age and has a medical problem that affects balance, vision, or judgment, including, but not limited to, a heart condition, diabetes, or Alzheimer’s disease or any related disorder.
(7) “Outdoor swimming pool” means any swimming pool that is not an indoor swimming pool.
(8) “Portable spa” means a nonpermanent structure intended for recreational bathing, in which all controls and water-heating and water-circulating equipment are an integral part of the product and which is cord-connected and not permanently electrically wired.
(9) “Public swimming pool” means a swimming pool, as defined in s. 514.011(2), which is operated, with or without charge, for the use of the general public; however, the term does not include a swimming pool located on the grounds of a private residence.
(10) “Residential” means situated on the premises of a detached one-family or two-family dwelling or a one-family townhouse not more than three stories high.
(11) “Swimming pool” means any structure, located in a residential area, that is intended for swimming or recreational bathing and contains water over 24 inches deep, including, but not limited to, in-ground, aboveground, and on-ground swimming pools; hot tubs; and nonportable spas.
(12) “Young child” means any person under the age of 6 years.
History.s. 1, ch. 2000-143.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 515.25
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 515.25

Total Results: 2

Florida Building Commission v. Florida Pool & Spa Ass'n

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-03-30

Citation: 871 So. 2d 936, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 3938, 2004 WL 609300

Snippet: Code must provide uniform implementation of ss. 515.25, 515.27, and 515.29 by including standards and

Storm v. Allied Universal Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-04-09

Citation: 842 So. 2d 245, 2003 WL 1824525

Snippet: M.D. v. Bailey Hunt Jones & Busto, 785 So.2d 515, 25 Fla. L. Weekly, D1605 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000), the Court