50-53-201. License required — validation. (1) A person may not operate a public swimming pool or public bathing place without annually obtaining a license from the department.

Terms Used In Montana Code 50-53-201

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 50-53-102
  • Person: means a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or organization or the state or any political subdivision of the state. See Montana Code 50-53-102
  • Public bathing place: means a body of water with bathhouses and related appurtenances operated for the public. See Montana Code 50-53-102
  • Public swimming pool: means an artificial pool and related appurtenances for swimming, bathing, wading, or other aquatic therapy or recreation, including but not limited to natural hot water pools, spas, splash decks, water slides, lazy rivers, and wave pools. See Montana Code 50-53-102

(2)A license is required for each separate public swimming pool or public bathing place. A public swimming pool is separate if:

(a)its water does not commingle with water from any other public swimming pool; or

(b)it is serviced by a separate water filtration system.

(3)A license issued by the department is not valid unless signed in accordance with 50-53-206, if applicable, or in accordance with 50-53-207, in the case of an appeal.