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(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.