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1202.1 Initial inspection procedures. Private sewage disposal systems shall be inspected once during excavation, once before backfilling, and after construction. The code official shall be notified when the private sewage disposal system is ready for inspection. 851 CHAPTER 13 - NONLIQUID SATURATED TREATMENT SYSTEMS No Amendments CHAPTER 14 - REFERENCED STANDARDS No Amendments APPENDIX A - SYSTEM LAYOUT ILLUSTRATIONS No Amendments APPENDIX B - TABLES FOR PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS No Amendments 852 PRSPSC Puerto Rico Swimming Pool and Spa Code PUERTO RICO SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE 2018 As amended from INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE 2018 "This AMENDMENTS to the 2018 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE contains copyrighted material from the 2009 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, which is a copyrighted work owned by the International Code Council, Inc. Without advance written permission from the copyright owner, no part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including, without limitation, electronic, optical or mechanical means (by way of example and not limitation, photocopying, or recording by or in an information storage retrieval system). For information on permission to copy material exceeding fair use, please contact: Publications, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL 60478- 5771. Phone 1-888-ICC-SAFE (422-7233). Trademarks: "International Code Council," the "International Code Council" logo and the "International Building Code" are trademarks of the International Code Council, Inc." 855 CHAPTER 1 - SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION PART 1-SCOPE AND APPLICATION SECTION 101 - GENERAL [A]101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Puerto Rico Swimming Pool and Spa Code, hereinafter referred to as "this code." [A]101.2 Scope. The provisions of this code shall apply to the construction, alteration, movement, renovation, replacement, repair and maintenance of aquatic recreation facilities, pools and spas. The pools and spas covered by this code are either permanent or temporary, and shall be only those that are designed and manufactured to be connected to a circulation system and that are intended for swimming, bathing or wading. 101.2.1 Flotation tanks. Flotation tank systems intended for sensory deprivation therapy shall not be considered to be included in the scope of this code. [A]101.3 Intent. The purpose of this code is to establish minimum standards to provide a reasonable level of safety and protection of health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, installation, quality of materials, location and maintenance or use of pools and spas. [A]101.4 Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this code is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code. SECTION 102 - APPLICABILITY [A]102.1 General. Where there is a conflict between a general requirement and a specific requirement, the specific requirement shall govern. Where, in any specific case, different sections of this code specify different materials, methods of construction or other requirements, the most restrictive shall govern. [A]102.2 Existing installations. Any pool or spa and related mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems lawfully in existence at the time of the adoption of this code shall be permitted to have their use and maintenance continued if the use, maintenance or repair is in accordance with the original design and no hazard to life, health or property is created. [A]102.3 Maintenance. Pools and spas and related mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, both existing and new, and parts thereof, shall be maintained in proper operating condition in accordance with the original design in a safe and sanitary condition. Devices or safeguards that are 857 required by this code shall be maintained in compliance with the edition of the code under which they were installed. The owner or the owner's authorized agent shall be responsible for maintenance of systems. To determine compliance with this provision, the code official shall have the authority to require any system to be reinspected. [A]102.4 Additions, alterations or repairs. Additions, alterations, renovations or repairs to any pool, spa or related system shall conform to that required for a new system without requiring the existing systems to comply with the requirements of this code. Additions, alterations or repairs shall not cause existing systems to become unsafe, insanitary or overloaded. Minor additions, alterations, renovations and repairs to existing systems shall be permitted in the same manner and arrangement as in the existing system, provided that such repairs or replacement are not hazardous and are approved. [A]102.5 Historic buildings. The provisions of this code relating to the construction, alteration, repair, enlargement, restoration, relocation or moving of pools, spas or systems shall not be mandatory for existing pools, spas or systems identified and classified by the state or local jurisdiction as part of a historic structure where such pools, spas or systems are judged by the code official to be safe and in the public interest of health, safety and welfare regarding any proposed construction, alteration, repair, enlargement, restoration, relocation or moving of such pool or spa. [A]102.6 Moved pools and spas. Except as determined by Section 102.2, systems that are a part of a pool, spa or system moved into or within the jurisdiction shall comply with the provisions of this code for new installations. [A]102.7 Referenced codes and standards. The codes and standards referenced in this code shall be those that are listed in Chapter 11 and such codes and standards shall be considered to be part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference. Where differences occur between provisions of this code and the referenced standards, the provisions of this code shall be the minimum requirements. [A]102.7.1 Application of the Puerto Rico Codes. Where the Puerto Rico Residential Code is referenced in this code, the provisions of the Puerto Rico Residential Code shall apply to related systems in detached one and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories in height. Other related systems shall comply with the applicable Puerto Rico Code or referenced standard. [A]102.8 Requirements not covered by code. Any requirements necessary for the strength, stability or proper operation of an existing or proposed system, or for the public safety, health and general welfare, not specifically covered by this code shall be determined by the code official and the Puerto Rico Health Department (Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico). [A]102.9 Other laws. The provisions of this code shall not be deemed to nullify any provisions of local, state or federal law. 858 [A]102.10 Application of references. References to chapter or section numbers, or to provisions not specifically identified by number, shall be construed to refer to such chapter, section or provision of this code. PART 2-ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT The administrative provisions of Part 2 of this Code are derived from provisions established by the Act 161-2009, as amended and the Joint Regulation and the Puerto Rico Building Code. SECTION 103 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS [A]103.1 General. The administrative provisions and compliance of this Code will be those established by the Puerto Rico Energy Conservation Code, the Puerto Rico Building Code, the OGPe-DDEC, the Puerto Rico Planning Board and the Puerto Rico Health Department. CHAPTER 2 - DEFINITIONS SECTION 201 GENERAL 201.1 Scope. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and terms shall, for the purposes of this code, have the meanings shown in this chapter. 201.2 Interchangeability. Words used in the present tense include the future; words stated in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural and the plural, the singular. 201.3 Terms defined in other codes. Where terms are not defined in this code and are defined in the Puerto Rico Building Code, Puerto Rico Energy Conservation Code, Puerto Rico Fire Code, Puerto Rico Fuel Gas Code, Puerto Rico Mechanical Code, Puerto Rico Plumbing Code or Puerto Rico Residential Code, such terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as in those codes. 201.4 Terms not defined. Where terms are not defined through the methods authorized by this section, such terms shall have ordinarily accepted meanings such as the context implies.