R392-303-2. Definitions

  The following definitions apply in this rule.

  (1) "Bather load" means the number of persons allowed by the operator to use a geothermal pool or geothermal bathing place at any one time or specified period of time.

  (2) "Department" means the Utah Department of Health.

  (3) "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Utah Department of Health, or his designated representative.

  (4) "Flow-through" means water that is fed by a continuous supply into a pool or bathing place that causes an equal rate of flow to discharge from the pool or bathing place to waste.

  (5) "Geothermal bathing place" means a natural bathing place or semi-artificial bathing place with an impoundment of geothermal water.

  (6) "Geothermal pool" means a man-made basin, chamber, receptacle, tank, or tub which is filled with geothermal water or a mixture of geothermal and non-geothermal water that creates an artificial body of water.

  (7) "Geothermal water" means ground water that is heated in the earth by the earth's interior.

  (8) "Living unit" means one or more rooms or spaces that are, or can be, occupied by an individual, group of individuals, or a family, temporarily or permanently for residential or overnight lodging purposes. Living units include motel and hotel rooms, condominium units, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, mobile homes, single family homes, and individual units in a multiple unit housing complex.

  (9) "Local Health Officer" means the health officer of the local health department having jurisdiction, or his designated representative.

  (10) "Natural bathing place" means a lake, pond, river, stream, swimming hole, or hot springs which has not been modified by man.

  (11) "Semi-artificial bathing place" means a natural bathing place that has been modified by man.

  (12) "Soaking pool" means a geothermal pool or geothermal bathing place that is 4 feet, 122 centimeters, or less deep and is designed exclusively for sitting or reclining.

  (13) "Soaking tub" means a geothermal pool or geothermal bathing place that has a depth of 2 feet, 61 centimeters, or less and a volume of 300 gallons, 1,136 liters, or less.