ATCP 76.03(15)
(15) “
Change of operator” means an existing license holder that sells or otherwise transfers ownership or operation of a pool to another person.
ATCP 76.03(16)
(16) “
Children's slide” means a slide that has a maximum height
of
4
feet
or 1.2
meters
as
measured
vertically
from
the
slide entrance to slide terminus and is located in less than 24 inches or 61 centimeters of
water.
ATCP 76.03(17)
(17) “
Cold soak pool” means a pool that uses cold water for therapy.
ATCP 76.03(18)
(18) “
Combined chlorine” means the combination of free chlorine with other substance in the water.
ATCP 76.03(19)(a)
(a) A provision in this chapter that is not designated as a priority item or a priority foundation item.
ATCP 76.03(19)(b)
(b) An item that usually relates to general sanitation, operational controls, sanitation standard operating procedures, facilities or structures, equipment design, or general maintenance.
ATCP 76.03(20)
(20) “
Current pool” means a pool that creates a current for the purpose of
exercise.
ATCP 76.03(21)
(21) “
Death, injury, or illness report” means the written record of all facts regarding an incident resulting in bodily harm that requires assistance from emergency medical personnel for a pool or its associated buildings and structures, including a locker room, equipment room, deck, shower, and toilet facilities.
ATCP 76.03(22)
(22) “
Deck” means the approved, unobstructed walking surface immediately adjacent to a
pool.
ATCP 76.03(23)
(23) “
Deep portion” means a portion of a pool having a
design water depth greater than 5
feet or 1.5 meters.
ATCP 76.03(24)
(24) “
Department” means the Wisconsin department of
agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
ATCP 76.03(25)
(25) “
Drop
slide”
means
a
slide
where
the
terminus
is
located 20 inches or 50.8 centimeters or more above the water level.
ATCP 76.03(26)
(26) “
Electrical interconnection” means, in connection with a pool, where the recirculation pump and the chemical feed unit are interconnected in such a way that when the recirculation pump power is interrupted or lost, the power to the chemical feed unit is also disabled.
ATCP 76.03(27)
(27) “
Enclosure” means the area within the barrier that separates the pool or water attraction area from other areas of the building or premises.
ATCP 76.03(28)
(28) “
Engineer” means a registered professional engineer licensed in Wisconsin.
ATCP 76.03(29)
(29) “
Entry access point” means the area in which a patron enters a water
attraction.
ATCP 76.03(30)
(30) “
Equipment” means all the necessary items for the operation of a public pool.
ATCP 76.03(31)
(31) “
Erosion
feeder”
means
a
chemical
feed
device
that contains powder,
tablets,
briquettes,
or
sticks
and allows a water stream to pass through it that erodes and dissolves the
chemical.
ATCP 76.03(32)
(32) “
Exercise pool” means a pool of 5 feet or 1.5 meters in depth or less that can operate with or without a
current.
ATCP 76.03(33)
(33) “
Existing pool” means a pool operating with a license first issued by the department or its agent on or before June 30, 2023.
ATCP 76.03(34)
(34) “
Feature” means a pool with a depth greater than 16 feet, a pool with a surface area greater than 20,000 sq. ft., or a physical object permanently installed in a pool that is intended for recreational use including, a pool slide, waterslide, pad walk, basketball hoop, diving board, wave generator, treadmill, vortex pool, climbing wall, current pool, swim-up bar, vanishing edge pool, tethered or nontethered floatable, or a spray feature.
ATCP 76.03(35)
(35) “
Filter aid” means finely powdered diatomaceous earth or similar approved material used to coat a septum type
filter.
ATCP 76.03(36)
(36) “
Flow sensing” means an automatic safety mechanism designed to disable chemical delivery equipment in the event of a significant decrease, or lack of, a return water flow required for the proper dispersal of a chemical related to water disinfection.”
ATCP 76.03(37)
(37) “
Flume” means that part of a slide within which sliding takes
place.
ATCP 76.03(38)
(38) “
Free
chlorine
residual”
means the portion of the total available chlorine that is not “combined chlorine” and is primarily present as hypochlorous acid or HOCl-, hypochlorite ion or OCl-, or Cyanurate-bound available chlorine.
ATCP 76.03(39)
(39) “
General public” means any person who patronizes a public pool.
ATCP 76.03(40)
(40) “
Imminent health hazard” means a condition that presents a substantial likelihood to cause severe adverse health consequences or death.
ATCP 76.03(41)
(41) “
Instructional Program” means an activity occurring in the water that is led by a person teaching a participant how to do an exercise, movement, skill, or similar activity, including a swimming class, an exercise class, or a water aerobics class.
ATCP 76.03(42)
(42) “Interactive play attraction” means a water attraction, including manufactured devices using sprayed, jetted, or other water sources contacting patrons and not incorporating standing or captured water as part of the patron activity area.
ATCP 76.03 Note
Note: Splash pads and spray pads are examples of interactive play attractions.
ATCP 76.03(43)
(43) “
Leisure river” means a channeled flow of water of
near-constant depth in which the water is moved by pumps or other means of propulsion to provide a river-like flow that transports patrons
over
a
defined
path.
ATCP 76.03(44)
(44) “
Lifeguard” means
a
person
holding
a current certificate from a course that meets the criteria for lifeguarding, first aid, CPR, and AED training and certification set forth in the 2018 Model Aquatic Health Code or as approved by the department.
ATCP 76.03 Note
Note: A listing of approved courses may be obtained by contacting the department. Email
datcpdfrsrec@wisconsin.gov or contact the Bureau of Food and Recreational Businesses at (608) 224-4702 or PO Box 8911, Madison, Wisconsin 53708-8911.
ATCP 76.03(45)
(45) “
Lifeguard and attendant staffing plan” means a written description about
how
lifeguards
and
attendants
will
be
used
at
pools.
ATCP 76.03(46)
(46) “
Maximum flow” means the highest flow rate attainable by the pump without friction from the recirculation system.
ATCP 76.03(48)
(48) “
New pool” means a pool operating with a license first issued by the department or its agent on or after July 1, 2023.
ATCP 76.03(49)
(49) “
Nontethered floatable”
means
a
flotation
device
added to
a
pool
that
is
not
tethered
to
the
pool
basin,
allowing
movement of
the device around the water, including floating pads or other similar items. “Nontethered floatable” does not include a rubber tube in a leisure river or swim wings.
ATCP 76.03(50)
(50) “
Operator” means the owner of a pool or the person responsible
to
the
owner
for
the
operation
of
a
pool,
including
the mechanical systems operations of the pool.
ATCP 76.03(51)
(51) “
Oxidizer” means a chemical that can take away electrons from a molecule or atom, thereby destroying organic matter.
ATCP 76.03(52)
(52) “
Owner” means the state, a political subdivision of the state, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, or individual owning or controlling any pool.
ATCP 76.03(53)
(53) “
Pad walk” means a tethered floatable under rope and netting in an activity pool that allows a patron to cross the water using his or her
hands.
ATCP 76.03(54)
(54) “
Pathogen” means a microbial organism capable of causing disease.
ATCP 76.03(56)
(56) “
Patron load” means the number of patrons
in
a
body
of water of a
pool.
ATCP 76.03(57)
(57) “
Peak flow” means the highest flow rate attainable by the pump within the pool's recirculation system.
ATCP 76.03(58)
(58) “
Person” means an individual, partnership, association, firm, company, corporation, municipality, county, town or state agency, whether tenant, owner, lessee, or licensee, or the agent, heir, or assignee of any of
these.
ATCP 76.03(59)
(59) “
Plunge pool”
means
a
pool
with
a
depth
of
greater
than 24 inches or 61 centimeters, located at the exit end of a waterslide flume and intended and designed to receive a patron emerging from the
flume.
ATCP 76.03(60)
(60) “
Pool and water attraction area” means, in an indoor or outdoor facility, the pool or water attraction and the area within a continuous enclosure.
ATCP 76.03(61)
(61) “
Pool or water attraction”
means
a
public
pool
or
water
attraction if it
serves
or
is
installed
for
use
by
the
state, a political subdivision of the state, a motel, a hotel, a resort, a camp, a campground,
a
club,
an
association,
a
housing
development,
an apartment complex with 3 or more dwelling units, a condominium complex, or a housing complex
having
a
homeowners'
association,
a
school,
a
religious, charitable or youth organization, or an educational or rehabilitative
facility.
ATCP 76.03(62)
(62) “
Pool slide” means any slide where the drop from the slide terminus to water is less than 20 inches or 50.8 centimeters into greater than 24 inches of water and the flume carries less than 100 gallons of water per minute.
ATCP 76.03(63)
(63) “
Priority foundation item” means all of the following:
ATCP 76.03(63)(a)
(a) A provision in this chapter whose application supports, facilitates, or enables one or more priority items.
ATCP 76.03(63)(b)
(b) An item that requires the purposeful incorporation of specific actions, equipment, or procedures by the operator such as personnel training, infrastructure, documentation, or record keeping.
ATCP 76.03(63)(c)
(c) An item that is denoted in this chapter with a superscript Pf-
Pf.
ATCP 76.03(64)(a)
(a) A provision in this chapter directly related to health and safety that if not met or is missing could significantly contribute to an increased risk for injury or illness.
ATCP 76.03(64)(b)
(b) An item that is denoted in this chapter with a superscript P-
P.
ATCP 76.03(65)(a)
(a) “Public pool” means a structure, basin, chamber, or tank, and appurtenant buildings and equipment, used for wading, swimming,
diving,
water
recreation,
or
therapy, including an exercise pool, mobile pool, whirlpool, cold soak pool, or water attraction.
ATCP 76.03(65)(b)
(b) “Public pool” does not include an inflated mobile structure, basin, chamber, or tank; a swim pond; an individual therapeutic pod, tub, or bath; a fixed or mobile structure, basin, chamber, or tank that serves fewer than 3 individual residences; or a fixed or mobile structure, basin, chamber, or tank that is used solely for animal training, therapy, or exercise and the only individuals in the pool are the animal trainer or handler, animal health or wellness professional or the animal's individual owner.
ATCP 76.03(66)
(66) “
Responsible supervisor”
means
a
person
designated
by the operator to maintain compliance with regulations governing safety and
sanitation
of
a
pool.
ATCP 76.03(67)
(67) “
Reverse flow pool” means a pool type that has a recirculation system, where surface water is drawn from the pool basin through the gutter system, skimmer, or similar device and is filtered, disinfected and returned to the basin through the main drain or floor water inlets.
ATCP 76.03(68)
(68) “
Run-out slide” means a waterslide where the rider
does not exit into a plunge pool, but has a deceleration area that permits the patron to stop before exiting the slide flume.
ATCP 76.03(69)
(69) “
Safety data sheet” means written information that details the hazards associated with a chemical and gives information related to its safe
use.
ATCP 76.03(70)
(70) “
Shallow portion” means the part of the pool that is 5 feet or 1.5 meters in depth or less.
ATCP 76.03(71)
(71) “
Slide terminus” means the last 10 feet or 3.1 meters of a slide flume discharging into a pool.
ATCP 76.03(72)
(72) “
Spectator area” means a designated area for people to observe or watch an activity in a pool.
ATCP 76.03(73)
(73) “
Splash zone” means the area where water falls on the floor of an interactive play attraction.
ATCP 76.03(74)
(74) “
Superchlorination” means the addition of an oxidizing product such
as
chlorine
to
pool
water
to
raise
the
level
of
oxidizer to at least 10 ppm. “Superchlorination” is sometimes referred to as
superoxidation.
ATCP 76.03(75)
(75) “
Swim-up bar” means
an area of a pool that includes barstool type seating, a countertop, and often a serving area where patrons can order a beverage without leaving the pool.
ATCP 76.03(76)
(76) “
Swim wings” means hollow, ring-shaped pieces of plastic, filled with air, that a patron wears on their arms while in the water to help them to float.
ATCP 76.03(77)
(77) “Tethered floatable” means a play item or flotation device that is affixed to the basin of a pool to restrict movement of the item.
ATCP 76.03(78)
(78) “
Unauthorized access” means the entrance of a person into a restricted area without permission of the operator or the operator's designated
representative.
ATCP 76.03(79)
(79) “
Therapy pool”
means
a
pool
used
for
professionally
administered physical therapy.
ATCP 76.03(80)
(80) “
Turnover time” means the time for a given volume of water to pass through the recirculation system.
ATCP 76.03(81)
(81) “
Vanishing edge pool” means a
pool
where the water flows over one or more edges, producing a visual effect of water with no boundary.
ATCP 76.03(82)
(82) “
Vortex pool” means a water attraction that is equipped with a method of transporting water in the basin for the purpose of propelling
patrons
at
speeds
dictated
by
the
velocity
of
the
moving stream.
ATCP 76.03(83)
(83) “
Wading pool” means a pool having a shallow portion that is a maximum depth of 24 inches or 61 centimeters and intended for children's play.
ATCP 76.03(84)
(84) “
Water attraction” means a pool with design and operational features that provide a patron recreational activity other than conventional swimming that involves partial or total immersion
of
the
body, including an
activity pool, interactive play attraction, leisure river, plunge pool, vortex pool, vanishing edge pool, waterslide, run-out slide, drop slide,
pool
slide,
wave
pool,
zero-depth
entry
pool,
and any public pool with features except wading pools.
ATCP 76.03(85)
(85) “
Waterslide” means a slide where a water flow of 100 gallons of water per minute or more is intended to carry a rider down a
flume.
ATCP 76.03(86)
(86) “
Wave pool”
means
a
water
attraction
designed
to
simulate
breaking
or
cyclical
waves
for
the
purposes
of
surfing
or
general
play.
ATCP 76.03(87)
(87) “
Whirlpool” means a small pool, sometimes called a “spa,” which
uses
higher
temperature
water
than
other
pools
and may include a water agitation
system.
ATCP 76.03(88)
(88) “
Zero-depth entry pool” means a water attraction having a sloped entrance to where the water depth is 0 inches at the shallowest
point.
ATCP 76.03 History
History: CR 22-021: cr.
Register June 2023 No. 810, eff. 9-24-23; correction in (2), (49), (65), (77) made under s.
35.17, Stats., and correction in (19), (63) (a), (c), (64) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register June 2023.
ATCP 76.04
ATCP 76.04
Plans and specifications for pools. ATCP 76.04(1)(1)
Approval required. An operator shall submit pool plans for new construction and obtain approval from the Wisconsin department of safety and professional services pursuant to ch.
SPS 390. After July 1, 2023, the following documents shall be kept onsite and made available to the department or its agent upon request:
