R392-302-36. Special Purpose Pools: Instructional Pools

  (1) The Department shall undertake to investigate the public health related experiences and science of instructional pools operating with the exemptions in this section. That investigation shall be completed on June 30th, 2021, after which time this section will expire and may be replaced with minimum requirements based on the findings of the investigation. The Department will make those findings public 90 days prior to the expiration date.

  (a) This investigation shall include periodic testing of the pool's water balance, disinfection level, total coliform, and heterotrophic plate count.

  (2) An instructional pool is exempt from all requirements of R392-302.

  (a) Pools operating under this exemption shall post a prominent sign stating that the pool does not conform to a standard design and is under evaluation to determine applicable standards to be implemented in the future. The lettering in this sign shall be no less than one centimeter in height.

  (b) Pools operating under this exemption shall require parents of participating children to sign an acknowledgment that they have read and understand the notice required in R392-302-36(2)(a).