HAR §11-10-19. Public swimming pool bathhouses

(a) Dressing and sanitary facilities shall be provided and maintained at every public swimming pool. The requirements relating to bathhouses, dressing rooms, toilet facilities, and showers may be waived for hotels, apartments, condominiums, motels, multiple housing units, and other similar places where the facilities are conveniently available to public swimming pool patrons. (b) Every bathhouse shall be provided with facilities for each sex with no interconnections between the facilities for male and female. The rooms shall be well-lighted, well-drained, well-ventilated, and of sound construction, with impervious materials. (c) All partitions between portions of the dressing room areas, screen partitions, shower, toilet, and dressing room booths shall be of durable material not subject to damage by water and shall be designed so that a waterway is provided between the partition and floor to permit thorough cleaning of the walls and floor areas with hoses and brooms. (d) The floors of the bathhouse shall be free of joints or openings and shall be continuous throughout the area with a slip-resistant surface which shall be relatively smooth to ensure complete cleaning. (e) Floor drains shall be provided to ensure positive drainage of all parts of the building with an adequate slope in the floor towards the drains. (f) An adequate number of hose bibbs shall be provided for flushing down the dressing rooms and bathhouse interior. (g) Not less than one drinking fountain shall be provided to bathers at the public swimming pool or the bathhouse. [Eff JUL 15 2002 ][Auth: HRS §§321-10, 321- 11][Imp: HRS §321-11]