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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 115929 — The Swimming Pool Safety Act

Cal. Health & Safety Code § 115929

Type: Statute
Source: California Health and Safety Code
Jurisdiction: California
Date: 2004-01-01
Current through: Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

Citator

Cal. Health & Safety Code § 115929 — The Swimming Pool Safety Act is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

(a) The Legislature encourages a private entity, in consultation with the Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control Branch of the department, to produce an informative brochure or booklet, for consumer use, explaining the child drowning hazards of, possible safety measures for, and appropriate drowning hazard prevention measures for, home swimming pools and spas, and to donate the document to the department.

(b) The Legislature encourages the private entity to use existing documents from the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission on pool safety.

(c) If a private entity produces the document described in subdivisions (a) and (b) and donates it to the department, the department shall review and approve the brochure or booklet.

(d) Upon approval of the document by the department, the document shall become the property of the state and a part of the public domain. The department shall place the document on its Web site in a format that is readily available for downloading and for publication. The department shall review the document in a timely and prudent fashion and shall complete the review within 18 months of receipt of the document from a private entity.