HAR §11-10-3. Submission of plans and specifications

(a) All plans and specifications of a proposed public swimming pool or renovation of a public swimming pool, with supporting data, shall be prepared by or under the direct supervision of an architect or engineer licensed to practice in this State, and shall be submitted to the director for review and approval prior to construction. (b) The seal affixed by the architect or engineer on the plans and specifications with supporting data shall be prima facie evidence that the architect or engineer has designed or supervised the design of the public swimming pool and equipment. (c) All plans and specifications of public saltwater specialty swimming pools must incorporate a mechanical pumping system. (d) All plans and specification of open system public saltwater specialty swimming pools must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director that water exchange rates required by §11-10-16(a)(3)(B) will be achieved. In open system public saltwater specialty swimming pools, this demonstration may be accomplished by calculating the flow rate of input water. (e) No public swimming pool shall be constructed or renovated except in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the director. 6 (f) A plan review fee of $200 shall accompany the submittal of plans and specifications. (g) The failure of the director to act on a complete application to construct or renovate a public swimming pool within one hundred eighty days of the receipt of the application shall be deemed an approval of the application; provided that the applicant acts consistently with the application process. [Eff JUL 15 2002 ][Auth: HRS §§321- 10, 321-11][Imp: HRS §321-11]