Use of private residential pools authorization for certified swimming classes

A bill for an act

relating to health; authorizing use of private residential pools for certified swimming

classes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222, subdivision 4, by

adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 2e.

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Private residential pool used for certified swimming classes.

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Notwithstanding

Minnesota Rules, part 4717.0250, subpart 7, a private residential swimming pool may be

used as part of a business if the private residential pool is used by a paying guest of the

homeowner and the guest is participating in a certified swimming class conducted by the

homeowner, provided that:

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(1) the homeowner is a certified swimming instructor and is conducting a certified

swimming class on a one-on-one basis; and

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(2) not more than four individuals are in the pool at the same time during the class.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Definitions.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the

meanings given them.

(b) "ASME/ANSI standard" means a safety standard accredited by the American National

Standards Institute and published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

(c) "ASTM standard" means a safety standard issued by ASTM International, formerly

known as the American Society for Testing and Materials.

(d) "Public pool" means any pool other than a private residential pool, that is: (1) open

to the public generally, whether for a fee or free of charge; (2) open exclusively to members

of an organization and their guests; (3) open to residents of a multiunit apartment building,

apartment complex, residential real estate development, or other multifamily residential

area; (4) open to patrons of a hotel or lodging or other public accommodation facility; or

(5) operated by a person in a park, school, licensed child care facility, group home, motel,

camp, resort, club, condominium, manufactured home park, or political subdivision with

the exception of swimming pools at family day care homes licensed under section
142B.41,

subdivision 9
, paragraph (a).

(e) "Unblockable suction outlet or drain" means a drain of any size and shape that a

human body cannot sufficiently block to create a suction entrapment hazard and meets

ASME/ANSI standards.

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(f) "Certified swimming class" means an infant swimming resource (ISR) class; an

American Red Cross swimming class, swimming lesson, or learn-to-swim class; and any

other swimming class certified by a nationally accredited organization that operates in all

50 states.

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(g) "Certified swimming instructor" means a certified ISR instructor; a certified American

Red Cross swimming instructor or swim coach; and any other swim instructor certified by

a nationally accredited organization that operates in all 50 states.

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